Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

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

Run History

2 months ago, 2 months 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 (35^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-$267 515,802 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 94.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 206 82% 137 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 393 50% 372 Pts	64-Core 471 32% 471 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$450 816,196 User benchmarks, average bench 106% PNY(196E 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 152 Parallax 129 109% 139 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 134 Splatting 113 106% 122 fps
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 117%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$100 56,815 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 53 53 53 50 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^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: 60% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 117%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$125 647,981 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 74GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 451 348 201 178 171 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th 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: 73% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$57 531,607 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 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: 76% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 130%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 21,599 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 14GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 184 162 27 29 37 MB/s Performing below potential (15^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: 50% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 96%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$52 188,589 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 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: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 804 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	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: 69% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 128%

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

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Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 54%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI - $129

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $187Bench 80%, 286,724 samples	927x
Core i7-6700KIntel $267Bench 84%, 515,802 samples	707x
Core i5-6500Intel $176Bench 71%, 190,776 samples	222x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 79%, 993,871 samples	385x
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 51%, 642,081 samples	260x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,110,464 samples	229x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 105%, 768,156 samples	187x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 110%, 647,981 samples	144x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $108Bench 114%, 370,329 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 84%, 455,838 samples	121x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $73Bench 71%, 76,917 samples	79x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 72%, 45,494 samples	66x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $788

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16