Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	211% 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	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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150814
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '18 at 11:42
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 240 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 460 62% 461 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.9% Above average	Lighting 65.9 Reflection 67.1 Parallax 60.7 54% 64.6 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 62.4 Splatting 56.2 51% 63.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 972 1083 1059 1047 1012 1000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,485 Write 1,106 Mixed 740 SusWrite 1,029 244% 1,090 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 57.2 212% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 699 DQ Write 385 DQ Mixed 533 399% 539 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 220%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 229GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 294 290 291 291 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 466 Mixed 398 SusWrite 300 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 65.3 226% 81.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 157GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 103 102 99 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 124 Write 101 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 102 65% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 367% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.C8FAD1 2x4GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 21.5 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 21 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 74%

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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%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI - $129

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	598x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	571x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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