Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	227% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '20 at 17:30
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$64 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 495 65% 490 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A4) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 76.2 Parallax 73.5 62% 75.3 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 70.2 Splatting 71.2 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8250G 250GB 42,173 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 562 955 1056 1012 352 258 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1,390 Write 1,089 Mixed 936 SusWrite 699 230% 1,029 MB/s	4K Read 62.2 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 82.4 288% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 795 DQ Write 963 DQ Mixed 316 394% 691 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 236%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 39GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 89 91 91 105 118 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 111 Write 117 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 97.9 73% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 75%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 167 163 164 169 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 151 Mixed 31 SusWrite 166 93% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 129% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 108%
WD Purple Surveillance 2TB (2017)-$70 11,781 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 517GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 89 91 91 92 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 75.9 Write 70.2 Mixed 50.6 SusWrite 90.9 53% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 104%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 6,017 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 633GB free, PID a007 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 89 89 88 89 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 88.3 Write 103 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 88.8 107% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M4A2800C16 029E CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 12GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 3466, 3466, 3466 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.8% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 23.4 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 22.9 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 96%

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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 $64Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	602x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	578x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	162x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	263x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	158x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	146x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	111x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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	44x

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Total price: $616

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16