MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.7% 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	338% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A58
Motherboard	MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '19 at 21:23
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (60^th 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 141 2-Core 276 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 745 79% 629 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 330F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 133 Parallax 117 91% 120 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 110 Splatting 103 85% 103 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$116 16,263 User benchmarks, average bench 267% 817GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1490 1549 1615 1602 1682 1164 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	338% Outstanding	Read 2,513 Write 1,673 Mixed 1,324 SusWrite 1,517 392% 1,757 MB/s	4K Read 64.9 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 89.7 297% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,248 DQ Write 1,084 DQ Mixed 1,165 873% 1,166 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 338% Great: 355%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 71GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,902 Write 1,436 Mixed 694 296% 1,344 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 54.8 216% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1104 DQ Write 1,101 DQ Mixed 690 632% 965 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
HP S700 Pro 128GB-$40 642 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 37GB free Firmware: Q0308A_H SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 304 259 209 45 50 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 382 Mixed 400 SusWrite 214 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 46.6 166% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 87 108% 182 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 112%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 33GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,914 Write 1,434 Mixed 614 290% 1,320 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 54.1 212% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,051 DQ Write 1,090 DQ Mixed 817 684% 986 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 45 83 104 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 181 Write 143 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 62.3 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 114%
Patriot Memory 127GB 473 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 14GB free, PID 6000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 282 Write 316 Mixed 54.2 261% 217 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.4 92% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 103%
JMicron Generic 256GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 89GB free, PID 0576 SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 236 223 223 224 225 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	296% Outstanding	Read 378 Write 392 Mixed 334 SusWrite 253 456% 339 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 58.5 4K Mixed 34.9 3,274% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 25.2 DQ Write 70.5 DQ Mixed 37.6 3,770% 44.4 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 296% Great: 296%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 1x16GB 11,534 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	41.9% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 11.8 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 14 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 64%

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Typical Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58) Builds (Compare 294 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	210x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	26x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	50x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	20x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	13x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	11x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	6x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $854

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16