Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	213% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

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System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	21.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '20 at 18:36
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 83.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 236 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 454 62% 459 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Palit(1569 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Lighting 87.1 Reflection 87.2 Parallax 84.2 71% 86.2 fps	MRender 82.5 Gravity 78.8 Splatting 68.5 62% 76.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 884 1077 1121 1115 1115 1111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,486 Write 1,194 Mixed 766 SusWrite 1,071 253% 1,129 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 57.9 207% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 700 DQ Write 391 DQ Mixed 535 401% 542 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 220%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 256GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 383 363 151 154 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 431 Write 418 Mixed 369 SusWrite 250 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 35.3 145% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 304 224% 289 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 6TB (2017)-$87 14,331 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 159 166 167 165 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 82.9 Write 108 Mixed 64 SusWrite 162 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.6 181% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 681GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 103 108 106 105 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 106 Write 81.4 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 106 66% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CRC 3x8GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 24.5 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 24.3 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 81%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI - $129

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	599x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	572x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	159x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	261x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	154x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	146x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	108x
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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	58x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	43x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $485

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16