MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360x768x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171206
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '18 at 20:06
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 238 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 464 61% 459 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36C1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1757 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Lighting 49.3 Reflection 45.6 Parallax 41.2 40% 45.4 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 42.2 Splatting 36.9 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP580 120GB 3,644 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 351 386 392 345 52 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 431 Write 361 Mixed 282 SusWrite 306 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 10.9 97% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 81.5 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 16.5 50% 104 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 70%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 98GB free Firmware: 71B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 50 51 53 52 51 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 410 Write 190 Mixed 299 SusWrite 80.5 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 31.3 139% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 176 161% 243 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 710GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 120 118 119 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 121 Write 116 Mixed 76 SusWrite 118 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 68%
WD My Passport 0830 1TB 8,379 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 501GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 91 93 92 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 94.4 Write 97.2 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 92 114% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 24.7 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 91%

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Gaming 86%

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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 $241Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $274	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 $183	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