MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.66% 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	232% 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

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151217
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '15 at 17:41
Run Duration	347 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 234 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 405 58% 423 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7968) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4312 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.66% Terrible	Lighting 6.63 Reflection 11 Parallax 7.5 5% 8.36 fps	MRender 9.9 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 15.1 9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.66% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 210GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 2,322 Write 1,288 Mixed 1,841 402% 1,817 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 42.9 167% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 44.4 DQ Write 377 DQ Mixed 192 154% 205 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 237%
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 148GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 72 148039950 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 13080 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 331377987 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9328 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 10077 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 45 572456994 (C2) HDA temperature 34 55 60129542178 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 58 46 178210184 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 17179 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	42.2% Average	Read 68.2 Write 79 Mixed 79.4 57% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.26 64% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 53%
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 122GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 73 180363201 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14938 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 367824775 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10243 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 10533 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 45 589299747 (C2) HDA temperature 35 55 55834574883 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 67 52 183795586 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 176 30936 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	48.5% Average	Read 85.2 Write 83.9 Mixed 80.5 63% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.41 92% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 53%
SanDisk Cruzer Force 8GB 1,838 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 4GB free, PID 557d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	6.02% Terrible	Read 21.4 Write 3.76 Mixed 6.07 10% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.62 4K Write 0.25 4K Mixed 1.08 66% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.02% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.9% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 24.5 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 20.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 103%

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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 $250Bench 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 $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