Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.8% 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)
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '20 at 00:11
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 275 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 518 69% 518 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Lighting 68.7 Reflection 70.4 Parallax 62.3 56% 67.1 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 64.6 Splatting 59.2 53% 64.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 54%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.7989 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.88% Terrible	Lighting 7.2 Reflection 10.1 Parallax 7.41 6% 8.23 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 14.1 9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.88% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 472 Write 466 Mixed 383 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 55.8 194% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate ST3200826AS 200GB 2,004 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 117GB free Firmware: 3.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 34 34 34 34 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Read 29.8 Write 10.7 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 33.5 18% 23.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 105% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 37%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 54GB free Firmware: 3.AAA SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 86 85 87 87 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 87.8 Write 52.3 Mixed 41.8 SusWrite 85.5 49% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 54%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 742GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 115 115 115 114 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 116 Write 116 Mixed 69 SusWrite 114 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 219% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2800 2OZ 1302 2666 C15 Series 0420 DDR4 2800 2OZ 1302 2666 C15 Series 32GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	72.4% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 24.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 23.1 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns

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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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Typical GA-Z170XP-SLI-CF Builds (Compare 1,775 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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