Gigabyte GA-Z270XP-SLI

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.7% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '20 at 01:21
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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-$187 286,724 User benchmarks, average bench 80% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 90% 155 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 465 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 465 31% 465 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$330 993,871 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 116 Parallax 111 92% 114 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 82% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$85 254,466 User benchmarks, average bench 288% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 2,501 Write 2,297 Mixed 1,830 492% 2,209 MB/s	4K Read 67.2 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 94 313% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,583 DQ Write 1,336 DQ Mixed 1,458 1,093% 1,459 MB/s
Poor: 185% Great: 337%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 5,293 User benchmarks, average bench 130% 30GB free Firmware: 0C4005T3 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 1,208 Write 748 Mixed 508 180% 821 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 47.4 183% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 445 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 109 156% 294 MB/s
Poor: 89% Great: 160%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$38 2,241,769 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 39GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 96 96 96 96 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 93 Write 97.4 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 94.9 66% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 1x8GB 21,094 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	49.1% Average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 13.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 14.7 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 57%

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

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Gaming 73%

Battleship

Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 63%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270XP-SLI - $88

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 87%, 505,701 samples	435x
Core i5-7600KIntel $244Bench 84%, 164,144 samples	318x
Core i7-7700Intel $327Bench 80%, 187,943 samples	88x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 79%, 993,871 samples	173x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,110,464 samples	130x
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 816,196 samples	125x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $57Bench 106%, 531,607 samples	56x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 110%, 647,981 samples	40x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 105%, 768,156 samples	38x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 84%, 455,838 samples	103x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 85%, 403,833 samples	42x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $73Bench 71%, 76,917 samples	22x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $925

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