Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	105% 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	62% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	18.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160830
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '20 at 08:23
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th 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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 94.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 218 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 399 51% 388 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% PNY(196E 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 152 Parallax 129 110% 139 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 134 Splatting 113 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 53 53 53 50 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 368 Write 118 Mixed 80 SusWrite 53.6 34% 155 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 28.7 115% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 77.4 DQ Mixed 99.9 101% 170 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 114%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 74GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 451 348 201 178 171 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 439 Mixed 377 SusWrite 298 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 53.8 184% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 85GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 316 317 317 318 317 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 472 Mixed 456 SusWrite 336 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 47.9 174% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 129%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 14GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 184 162 27 29 37 MB/s Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	63.2% Good	Read 250 Write 230 Mixed 229 SusWrite 113 46% 205 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 32.1 123% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 146 123% 179 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 97%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 412GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 149 150 149 150 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 147 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 149 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 998 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.2% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 21.3 64% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 14.6 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 138%

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

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Typical GA-Z170XP-SLI-CF Builds (Compare 1,774 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	598x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	571x
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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	43x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $485

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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