MSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.4% 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	195% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7A16
Motherboard	MSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16) (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161021
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '18 at 04:15
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 255 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 723 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 121 Parallax 112 88% 114 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 99 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 165 229 258 235 209 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 2,072 Write 511 Mixed 414 SusWrite 223 174% 805 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 56.7 236% 88.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,028 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 295 296% 502 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 243%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 23GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1986 Write 1,266 Mixed 540 277% 1,264 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 275 4K Mixed 69.3 305% 130 MB/s	DQ Read 1,207 DQ Write 1,256 DQ Mixed 864 751% 1,109 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 1,144 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 5TB free, PID ab38 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 173 171 173 175 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	61% Good	Read 49.7 Write 145 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 172 159% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.8 209% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 72%
WD My Passport 0740 1TB 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 67GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 52 51 51 52 52 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	24.4% Poor	Read 75.5 Write 80.3 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 51.3 82% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 39% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 30.4 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 40.6 SC Mixed 29 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 54.5 74% 54.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 105%

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Typical Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16) Builds (Compare 255 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	134x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	36x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	53x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	31x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	23x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $125Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	7x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $599

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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