Gigabyte GA-Z270XP-SLI

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	66.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '18 at 01:42
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 156 2-Core 312 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 580 8-Core 859 90% 719 Pts	64-Core 860 53% 860 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Lighting 83 Reflection 81 Parallax 72 68% 78.6 fps	MRender 78.5 Gravity 76.2 Splatting 78.1 64% 77.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 69473336 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1361 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 60288 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1198 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 86 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 69 437911578 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3374 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 60129542170 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -124412317663024 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37086477 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20736448	111% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 188 Mixed 178 141% 188 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.25 90% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 324 Write 325 Mixed 254 225% 301 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 4.05 4K Mixed 0.62 606% 5.25 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 213%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 29.5 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 34.1 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	392x
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: $599

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $183	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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