Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.5% 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	184% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180309
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '23 at 10:07
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 259 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 485 63% 473 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 8D94) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Lighting 94.6 Reflection 93.4 Parallax 87.3 77% 91.8 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 84.4 Splatting 73.6 72% 91 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$70 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1078 1105 210 279 199 273 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 1,265 Write 1,388 Mixed 1320 SusWrite 524 253% 1,124 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 59.4 198% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,130 DQ Write 674 DQ Mixed 842 643% 882 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 295%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 47GB free Firmware: 03200001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 242 60 54 57 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 412 Write 367 Mixed 298 SusWrite 127 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 37.7 129% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 124 100% 140 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 100%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 47GB free Firmware: 03150010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 106 90 58 59 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 396 Write 270 Mixed 288 SusWrite 79 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 0.9 68% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 120 98% 139 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 100%
BUFFALO External HDD 1.5TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 168GB free, PID 019b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 53.1 Write 32.6 Mixed 35.3 SusWrite 40.6 52% 40.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 68% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 25.4 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 24.7 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	60	165	31.5"	1280 720	AUS32B8 VG32AQA1A

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Gaming 62%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	58x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	43x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $528

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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16