MSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 99.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.79% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	118% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A16
Motherboard	MSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 21:44
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 153 2-Core 301 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 837 86% 696 Pts	64-Core 834 52% 834 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A16) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4627 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.79% Terrible	Lighting 8.13 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 8 7% 9.21 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 7 Splatting 16.9 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.79% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 960GB 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 638GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 2,420 Write 1,541 Mixed 1,291 386% 1,751 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 327 4K Mixed 65.8 312% 143 MB/s	DQ Read 699 DQ Write 595 DQ Mixed 275 308% 523 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 291%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 409GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 402 Write 719 Mixed 435 117% 519 MB/s	4K Read 9.21 4K Write 266 4K Mixed 14.3 173% 96.5 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 43.1 84% 160 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 182%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 372GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1972 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1414 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 195 195 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 758 (C2) HDA temperature 75 48 223339020313 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3782771	82.2% Excellent	Read 516 Write 354 Mixed 351 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 74 4K Mixed 9.7 98% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 44.5 96% 200 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 101%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 219 197 8016 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 951 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1451 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 619 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 221 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3200 (C2) HDA temperature 124 116 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	77.9% Very good	Read 162 Write 110 Mixed 120 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 0.47 4K Mixed 0.24 72% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 99%
WD My Book Duo 0A10 4TB 512 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 976GB free, PID 0a10 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 249 Write 168 Mixed 84.4 190% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 0.25 4K Mixed 0.12 15% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 88%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 1,739 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 53GB free, PID 0749 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 22.8 Write 16 Mixed 17.5 23% 18.8 MB/s	4K Read 7.18 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.69 166% 3.76 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C14 2x8GB 1,180 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 23.4 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 26.9 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 123%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	133x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	36x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	53x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	31x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	23x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $115Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	7x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $613

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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