MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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	83.2% 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	228% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	20 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170508
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '18 at 15:53
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 79.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 254 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 699 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 114 Parallax 112 88% 111 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 100 Splatting 82.4 75% 92.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 17,176 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 518 390 391 407 414 246 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,990 Write 1,524 Mixed 921 SusWrite 394 320% 1,457 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 48 161% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 916 DQ Write 635 DQ Mixed 796 588% 782 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 372%
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 867GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 368 382 388 387 388 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 326 Write 386 Mixed 281 SusWrite 377 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 36.8 131% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 135 110% 154 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 104%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 135GB free Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 255 261 263 244 249 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 482 Write 257 Mixed 252 SusWrite 251 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 15.4 99% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 23.2 44% 88.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 74%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 138 140 141 139 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 137 Write 136 Mixed 98.7 SusWrite 139 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 88%
SAMSUNG HD103SJ 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 7GB free, PID 0569 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 74 72 72 72 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 79.3 Write 94.7 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 74.5 102% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 4x8GB 1,215 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.7% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.1 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 81.2 49% 81.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 137%

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Typical Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION(MS-7968) Builds (Compare 510 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION - $175

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	352x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	47x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $1,380

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