MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	124% 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.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151217
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '18 at 08:11
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 246 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 660 71% 563 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% 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 3235) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.5% Good	Lighting 98.4 Reflection 55.1 Parallax 44.7 80% 66 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 47.7 Splatting 62.2 49% 59.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 458 456 471 474 472 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 464 Mixed 348 SusWrite 464 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 56.8 192% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 339GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 148 147 147 146 148 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 164 Write 119 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 147 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 27GB free Firmware: 1805 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 78 78 79 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 51 Write 24.5 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 78.4 35% 47.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 66%
USB DISK 3.0 64GB 1,557 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 1GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 39.8 Write 21 Mixed 19.5 30% 26.8 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.3 111% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.3% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.5 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.4 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 120%

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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 $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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Value: 40% - Average

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