MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	257% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A58
Motherboard	MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '19 at 23:50
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 776 78% 635 Pts	64-Core 775 48% 775 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 111 Parallax 110 86% 109 fps	MRender 93.4 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 86.5 75% 92.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 701 664 647 635 593 562 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2,295 Write 637 Mixed 758 SusWrite 634 236% 1,081 MB/s	4K Read 50.7 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 69 255% 96.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,302 DQ Write 877 DQ Mixed 996 768% 1,058 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 353%
Plextor M6e PCIe 256GB-$50 744 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 64GB free Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 540 554 523 558 558 553 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 728 Write 526 Mixed 371 SusWrite 548 122% 543 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 45.1 171% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 424 DQ Write 418 DQ Mixed 285 252% 376 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 131%
Intel X25-M 120GB 1,606 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 32GB free Firmware: 2CV102HD SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 108 112 116 111 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 240 Write 107 Mixed 126 SusWrite 112 32% 146 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 10.2 84% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 87 DQ Mixed 82.2 71% 107 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 46%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 34GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 468 458 428 418 404 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 467 Mixed 412 SusWrite 439 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 65.1 218% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 141GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 137 136 136 137 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 118 Write 81.2 Mixed 72 SusWrite 135 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 114%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 146GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 56 56 55 57 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 57.2 Write 52.3 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 55.6 40% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 39GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 170 171 168 170 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 114 Mixed 77 SusWrite 169 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 228 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 32 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 32 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%

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Typical Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58) Builds (Compare 294 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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: $879

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) $30	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