MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	62.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 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	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170110
Uptime	20 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '20 at 01:41
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 90.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 279 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 724 77% 613 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 148 Reflection 152 Parallax 129 121% 143 fps	Gravity 145 Splatting 115 113% 130 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2211 480GB-$70 2,197 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS221016 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 142 158 173 154 177 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 54.8 Write 365 Mixed 319 SusWrite 170 52% 227 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 37.3 133% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 86.6 93% 158 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 113%
PNY XLR8 240GB-$212 552 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 122GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 150 129 130 144 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 336 Write 192 Mixed 226 SusWrite 134 49% 222 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 39.5 150% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 154 113% 148 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 86%
PNY SSD2SC240G3LC726B104-327 240GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 47GB free Firmware: 524ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 200 191 210 191 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 390 Write 263 Mixed 296 SusWrite 196 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 45.5 173% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 208 171% 245 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 92%
WD WD15EURS-63S48Y0 1.5TB 485 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 647GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 118 116 119 120 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 83.3 Write 85.5 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 118 66% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 4,091 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.6% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.2 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 24.9 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 117%

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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	353x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	47x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	14x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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