MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58)

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7A58
Motherboard	MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '17 at 18:17
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	KWT-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 (98^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 250 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 721 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 144 Parallax 124 152% 151 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 128 Splatting 107 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 31 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 77 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 626 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131076 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 64 59 176095100964 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 636 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 611 (F2) Unknown 100 100 737 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2 (F5) Unknown 100 100 4 (F6) Unknown 100 100 167744	101% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 507 Mixed 506 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 13.1 121% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 14.4 96% 222 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 111%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 58GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 365 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 235 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 841 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524305 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C2) HDA temperature 65 52 206159413283 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4414 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4295 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3355 (F4) Unknown 100 100 8 (F5) Unknown 100 100 17 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1147968	95.3% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 509 Mixed 509 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 13.4 124% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.3 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 14 61% 127 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 110%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 206 197 8683 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 163 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 130 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 138 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1005 (C2) HDA temperature 114 111 38 (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	61.8% Good	Read 108 Write 107 Mixed 97 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.29 114% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 97%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 29GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 120 Write 61.3 Mixed 59 91% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 9.88 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.85 111% 4.02 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 26.8 96% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 39.5 SC Mixed 27.8 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 104%

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Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	210x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	26x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	50x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	20x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	13x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	11x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	6x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $887

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