Gigabyte GA-Z270XP-SLI

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '20 at 20:13
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 505 60% 465 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 116 Parallax 101 94% 111 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 88%

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% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,675 Write 2,317 Mixed 1884 510% 2,292 MB/s	4K Read 70.5 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 96.8 327% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,677 DQ Write 1,417 DQ Mixed 1,538 1,155% 1,544 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 30GB free Firmware: 0C4005T3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,243 Write 734 Mixed 500 181% 826 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 50.8 192% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 449 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 106 155% 292 MB/s
Poor: 84% Great: 159%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 44GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 96 96 96 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 98.3 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 95.6 65% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 1x8GB 31,969 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 13.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 15.5 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 57%

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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 72%

Battleship

Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 62%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270XP-SLI - $88

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	391x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	273x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	95x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	129x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	103x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	88x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	32x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
GAMMIX S11 Pro 512GBXPGBench 246%, 21,659 samples	27x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	81x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	28x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	19x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $600

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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