MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.6% 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	91.7% 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	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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '17 at 23:30
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 680 70% 564 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1638 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 125 Parallax 114 94% 118 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 108 Splatting 96.7 84% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 26314 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1558 (B1) Unknown 92 92 270 (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 64 57 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 244 (F1) Unknown 99 99 50097220788	91.7% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 377 Mixed 392 95% 429 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 22.6 140% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 35.5 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 22.7 59% 116 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 116%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 29GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 2,005 Write 814 Mixed 1,140 290% 1,320 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 56.4 228% 86.3 MB/s	DQ Read 557 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 226 226% 369 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 283%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2.5TB free Firmware: AR15 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 114 99 59209008 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 847 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 75214499 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5448 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 508 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 69 25770197396 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 50 722927656 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 400 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3100 (C2) HDA temperature 40 50 77309411368 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 114 99 59209008 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 18 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -38538741542172 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21143679851 (F2) Unknown 100 253 538745628312
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 869GB free Firmware: 1AA01109 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (03) Spinup time 77 77 7840 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 9709 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 9692 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 47818 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2558 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 16 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 1 605093923 (C2) HDA temperature 65 52 621871139 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 9337822 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 421 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	65.2% Good	Read 99.7 Write 127 Mixed 98 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.57 131% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-17-17 D4-3000 4x8GB 314 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.6% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.8 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 22.4 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 120%

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

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Typical Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION(MS-7968) Builds (Compare 508 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION - $175

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	351x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	46x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	42x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	98x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	57x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	41x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	26x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 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	13x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	12x

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Total price: $1,380

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16