Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (4th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 96 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.1% 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	79.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 days ago, 15 days ago, 15 days ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '21 at 17:51
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$267 515,802 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 192 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 511 53% 416 Pts	64-Core 532 36% 532 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$450 786,866 User benchmarks, average bench 106% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.1% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 120 Parallax 111 92% 115 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 119 Splatting 104 94% 108 fps
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 116%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$57 504,559 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 300 294 295 290 285 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 375 Write 299 Mixed 274 SusWrite 294 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 25.2 104% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 227 199% 298 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 131%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$52 285,231 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 71GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 96 98 77 96 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 99 Write 115 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 93.9 70% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$71 455,838 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 17.7 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 15.5 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 54%

Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI - $129

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $187Bench 80%, 286,724 samples	924x
Core i7-6700KIntel $267Bench 84%, 515,802 samples	704x
Core i5-6500Intel $176Bench 71%, 190,776 samples	220x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $330Bench 79%, 993,871 samples	384x
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 50%, 648,344 samples	258x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,110,464 samples	228x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 105%, 768,156 samples	187x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $125Bench 111%, 615,795 samples	144x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $108Bench 114%, 370,329 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $71Bench 84%, 455,838 samples	121x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $73Bench 71%, 76,917 samples	77x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 72%, 45,494 samples	66x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $787

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