Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 141% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	167% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160307
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '22 at 22:58
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 83.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 272 89% 164 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 510 68% 510 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$499 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Gigabyte(1458 408E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	167% Outstanding	Lighting 250 Reflection 218 Parallax 214 203% 227 fps	MRender 254 Gravity 166 Splatting 134 145% 185 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend MTS800 M.2 512GB-$265 596 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1225G Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 484 Write 441 Mixed 342 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 46 160% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 202 174% 255 MB/s
Poor: 62% Great: 102%
Adata SU655 480GB 2,405 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 97GB free Firmware: V8X01c31 SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 355 359 369 370 372 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 376 Write 354 Mixed 316 SusWrite 358 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 31.6 124% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 180 134% 172 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 102%
Jmicron Generic DISK00 500GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 199GB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 104 105 107 107 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 105 Write 110 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 103 71% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 60%
Jmicron Generic DISK01 2TB 89 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 545GB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 104 105 107 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 174 Write 159 Mixed 116 SusWrite 102 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 226% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 2,108 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.8% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.4 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 21.5 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 115%

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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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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI - $129

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	601x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	574x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	160x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	262x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	155x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	146x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	110x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	58x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	43x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $536

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16