Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	222% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '20 at 11:01
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 212 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 594 59% 483 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3609) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 139 Parallax 177 133% 160 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 161 Splatting 113 105% 130 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1060 1076 1113 1114 954 654 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,841 Write 1,255 Mixed 696 SusWrite 995 266% 1,197 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 50.8 183% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1060 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 390 371% 601 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 283%
Seagate ST10000NE0004-1ZF101 10TB 308 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 574GB free Firmware: EN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 129 129 128 128 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 126 Write 126 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 128 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 1 330% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 131%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 142GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 86 87 87 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 95.2 Write 77 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 86.6 63% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 112GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 186 187 186 187 188 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 115 Write 89.2 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 187 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 250GB 651 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 230GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 15 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 49.7 Write 15.7 Mixed 22.7 SusWrite 15 30% 25.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.6 48% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 36%
WD My Book 1230 4TB 14,665 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 352GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 91 89 90 90 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 144 Write 148 Mixed 90 SusWrite 89.7 156% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 122% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 60%
CENTON 16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 11GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.2 7.8 6 4 3.9 4.5 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	6.67% Terrible	Read 26.2 Write 6 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 5.6 11% 10.8 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 26% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.67% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2800C16-8GRR 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 04CD F4-2800C16-8GRR 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.2% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.7 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 22.3 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 76%

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Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI - $129

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	601x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	574x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	160x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	262x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	155x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	146x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	110x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	58x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	43x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $528

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16