MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	224% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160517
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '19 at 04:52
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 240 90% 157 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 670 69% 555 Pts	64-Core 720 44% 720 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 145 Parallax 120 106% 132 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 126 Splatting 104 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 337 344 330 328 302 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 3,030 Write 894 Mixed 729 SusWrite 344 271% 1,250 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 50.7 188% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 707 DQ Write 366 DQ Mixed 583 421% 552 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 332%
WD Blue 3D 2TB-$175 1,834 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 65GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 225 258 274 255 250 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 360 Write 326 Mixed 269 SusWrite 248 68% 301 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 46 4K Mixed 35 108% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 84.5 DQ Mixed 182 126% 159 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 118%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 44GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 168 130 122 140 145 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 330 Write 310 Mixed 246 SusWrite 143 58% 257 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 57.9 4K Mixed 26.1 102% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 86.3 DQ Mixed 139 105% 144 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 31.4 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 29.5 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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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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 $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