Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics81.8% 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 Drive98.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemGigabyte Z170XP-SLI
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI  (all builds)
Memory26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150724
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 07 '19 at 03:06
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 35%

 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
80.9% Excellent
Memory 88.5
1-Core 119
2-Core 198
79% 135 Pts
4-Core 396
8-Core 602
62% 499 Pts
64-Core 644
40% 644 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 80.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Gigabyte(1458 36B7) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60
Performing below potential (74th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
81.8% Excellent
Lighting 103
Reflection 114
Parallax 95.8
84% 104 fps
MRender 95.5
Gravity 97.1
Splatting 93.3
78% 95.3 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 81.8%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 158 161 150 158 151 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
98.9% Outstanding
Read 460
Write 417
Mixed 324
SusWrite 172
77% 343 MB/s
4K Read 38.7
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 49.1
175% 63 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 338
DQ Mixed 354
267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 98.9%
Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51
595GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 122 147 143 144 143 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
83.1% Excellent
Read 150
Write 142
Mixed 75.7
SusWrite 140
93% 127 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 83.1%
Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100
931GB free
Firmware: 1AA01117
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 110 109 109 109 108 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
62.7% Good
Read 109
Write 63
Mixed 67.5
SusWrite 109
64% 87.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 0.9
191% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 62.7%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (35th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.2% Very good
MC Read 25
MC Write 27.4
MC Mixed 22.6
71% 25 GB/s
SC Read 16.4
SC Write 27.7
SC Mixed 21.9
63% 22 GB/s
Latency 69.1
58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 71.2%
Great: 101%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z170XP-SLI-CF Builds (Compare 1,773 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 62%
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Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 49%
Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI - $129

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $485
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