Gigabyte GA-Z270XP-SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% 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.
Boot Drive	82.5% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270XP-SLI (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161031
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '18 at 20:31
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 151 2-Core 283 99% 177 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 825 80% 660 Pts	64-Core 815 50% 815 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1426) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 158 Parallax 148 126% 154 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 144 Splatting 116 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 138 135 130 126 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 424 Write 149 Mixed 198 SusWrite 130 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 42.2 164% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 154 118% 161 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 82%
Corsair Force 3 180GB-$384 1,204 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 16GB free Firmware: 5.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 102 79 94 99 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 154 Write 154 Mixed 140 SusWrite 97.7 31% 136 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 29.4 138% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 92.7 89% 141 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 58%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 680GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 76 73 79 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 76.5 Write 85.2 Mixed 89.8 SusWrite 76.1 61% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 76%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB 1,036 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2TB free Firmware: 0404 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 199 204 205 203 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 160 Mixed 86 SusWrite 202 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$39 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 27.5 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 28.3 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 110%

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

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Gaming 72%

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Desktop 94%

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Workstation 62%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270XP-SLI - $88

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	394x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	275x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	95x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	130x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	104x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	88x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	32x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
GAMMIX S11 Pro 512GBXPGBench 246%, 21,659 samples	27x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	82x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	28x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	19x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $593

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16