Gigabyte GA-Z370XP SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	250% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z370XP SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z370XP SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '20 at 13:43
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8400-$131 312,220 User benchmarks, average bench 82% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 82.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 236 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 662 70% 557 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4014) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Lighting 96.8 Reflection 86.5 Parallax 81.4 79% 88.3 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 78.8 Splatting 75.1 72% 90.7 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 215GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 930 742 739 727 723 723 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,268 Write 2052 Mixed 1,597 SusWrite 764 373% 1,670 MB/s	4K Read 55.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 70.3 229% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,159 DQ Write 715 DQ Mixed 805 636% 893 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 355%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 54GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 457 457 444 388 311 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 454 Mixed 392 SusWrite 419 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 55.1 183% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 212GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 114 111 114 116 116 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 93 Write 85.4 Mixed 31.1 SusWrite 114 59% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 0.4 194% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 702GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 113 114 114 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 112 Write 103 Mixed 68 SusWrite 113 73% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 68%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 209GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 48 51 51 51 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 72.6 Write 42.6 Mixed 43 SusWrite 49.4 38% 51.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 59%
Hitachi HTS543232A7A384 320GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 198GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Read 41 Write 41 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 41.4 53% 39.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 56% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.5% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 16.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 109%

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Gaming 94%

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Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 86%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z370XP SLI-CF

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	720x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	240x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	189x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	187x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	136x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	124x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	38x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	37x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x

RAM
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 14,178 samples	80x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	38x

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Total price: $629

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