MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.6% 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	244% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '17 at 05:48
Run Duration	321 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 249 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 687 72% 576 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 112 Parallax 102 90% 108 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 80.6 73% 90.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$265 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 628GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5600 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 70 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 46 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14053313410	108% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 395 Mixed 424 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 33.4 161% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 165 169% 277 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 135%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 1,808 Write 1,279 Mixed 1,327 326% 1,471 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 58.3 236% 90 MB/s	DQ Read 576 DQ Write 390 DQ Mixed 222 236% 396 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 283%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$139 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 6TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 72 64 14580498 (03) Spinup time 86 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1228 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 166565748 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -35716948029892 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 49 588972063 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 431 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 845365 (C2) HDA temperature 31 51 81604378655 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 1 14580498 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 7876970021598 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9148029633 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38701905882	106% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 174 Mixed 156 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 4.46 4K Write 3.54 4K Mixed 0.35 290% 2.78 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 111%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 194 37 (03) Spinup time 163 147 10808 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 458 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 2 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24221 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 439 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 336 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 120 (C2) HDA temperature 116 94 36 (C4) Reallocation count 198 198 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 9 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	82.9% Excellent	Read 150 Write 138 Mixed 139 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.47 122% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 93%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2014)-$220 1,278 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 3TB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 139031164 (03) Spinup time 93 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4096 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 28226835 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13393 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 179 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 42950328331 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 71 49 588906525 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2205 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17082 (C2) HDA temperature 29 51 68719476765 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 69 42 139031164 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -53979148971048 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27373730059 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9154484963	102% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 162 Mixed 175 134% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.35 107% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$139 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 191772517 (03) Spinup time 86 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 81 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 19996476 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 124833224458483 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 82 82 18 (BE) vendor-specific 69 58 555417631 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2071 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 292 (C2) HDA temperature 31 42 98784247839 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 11 191772517 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 106991930310731 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16288174804 (F2) Unknown 100 253 70348877
Poor: 47% Great: 111%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2014)-$220 1,278 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 200640647 (03) Spinup time 91 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4423 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 90502505 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18452 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 251 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 72 50 572129308 (BF) G-sense error rate 98 98 4482 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 57462 (C2) HDA temperature 28 50 68719476764 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 67 47 200640647 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -3702261798578 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27826509036 (F2) Unknown 100 253 180959454874	106% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 171 Mixed 150 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.3 98% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 118%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$280 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 829GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 207 100 8633 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 180 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9247 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 115 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 101 (C2) HDA temperature 116 95 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0	127% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 237 Mixed 196 160% 213 MB/s	4K Read 4.14 4K Write 3.21 4K Mixed 0.4 277% 2.58 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 118%
asmedia ASMT1153e 960GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 279GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	331% Outstanding	Read 308 Write 319 Mixed 202 347% 276 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 14.1 2,909% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 79.4 DQ Mixed 16.5 3,362% 41 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 331% Great: 331%
Lexar CF USB_3_0 Read 128GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 27GB free, PID b049 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 147 Write 130 Mixed 103 158% 127 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 1.68 174% 5.65 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.3% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 23.6 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 114%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION - $175

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	355x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	47x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	42x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	99x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	58x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	41x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	27x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 83%, 15,511 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	14x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	12x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $1,214

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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