MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	140% 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	214% 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.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	22.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '18 at 16:20
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 277 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 778 78% 635 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2802 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Lighting 199 Reflection 220 Parallax 215 162% 211 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 193 Splatting 134 126% 156 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 102GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 131 139 140 137 135 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 341 Write 144 Mixed 192 SusWrite 135 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 81.6 4K Mixed 37.2 140% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 142 112% 157 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 83%
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 771 758 738 727 714 701 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,560 Write 1,114 Mixed 825 SusWrite 735 236% 1,059 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 63.6 235% 85.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,221 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 544 461% 699 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 247%
Transcend SSD370 512GB-$173 1,585 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 170GB free Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 443 445 447 449 448 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 445 Mixed 339 SusWrite 436 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 46.1 168% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 214 180% 261 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 105%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 753GB free Firmware: BD15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 106 109 110 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 114 Write 52.2 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 108 60% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 66%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 115 116 113 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 126 Write 32.8 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 114 60% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.8 172% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL14-16-16 D4-2400 4x8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 26 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 26.3 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 26 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 122%

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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