Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.6% 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	55.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '19 at 04:28
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 509 68% 507 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 94.3 Parallax 87.4 82% 94.3 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 89.7 Splatting 80.3 74% 92 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SBBU240G1122 240GB 2,683 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3106000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 106 48 76 102 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 320 Write 61.8 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 90.6 27% 123 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 14.5 96% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 25.7 68% 141 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 66%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 216GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 407 408 403 351 398 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 419 Mixed 226 SusWrite 397 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 53.7 181% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 215 173% 249 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 116%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 154 156 157 157 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 154 Mixed 66 SusWrite 156 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 142% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 128 131 135 131 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 67.2 Write 97.5 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 131 68% 92 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 63% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GB 2,314 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	MC Read 34 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 31 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 26.3 78% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 93%

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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	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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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