Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.5% 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	238% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '23 at 09:07
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 below expectations (27^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 87 1-Core 111 2-Core 211 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 501 56% 437 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3706) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2042 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 105 Parallax 96.9 82% 101 fps	MRender 87.4 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 95.6 77% 93.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$92 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 227GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1438 1338 1291 1364 1282 1279 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 1954 Write 1,789 Mixed 1,346 SusWrite 1332 360% 1,605 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 50.8 163% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 772 DQ Write 469 DQ Mixed 652 477% 631 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 410%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 128 123 127 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 125 Write 117 Mixed 67.6 SusWrite 124 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 84%
StoreJet Transcend 2TB 4,473 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1TB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 40 39 39 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 36.4 Write 38.7 Mixed 32.9 SusWrite 38.9 50% 36.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 88% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	39.7% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 11.8 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 12.4 36% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 90%

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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 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI - $129

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	599x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	572x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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