MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 112%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 97%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics128% 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 Drive296% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
SystemMSI MS-7968
MotherboardMSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION  (all builds)
Memory11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit färger
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170508
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateAug 20 '18 at 10:04
Run Duration238 Seconds
Run User NOR-User
Background CPU 17%

 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
84.8% Excellent
Memory 96.1
1-Core 127
2-Core 233
87% 152 Pts
4-Core 396
8-Core 680
65% 538 Pts
64-Core 671
42% 671 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84.8%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65
Performing below potential (76th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
128% Outstanding
Lighting 180
Reflection 188
Parallax 192
147% 186 fps
MRender 119
Gravity 174
Splatting 122
112% 138 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 128%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB
395GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1061 535 619 574 586 598 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
296% Outstanding
Read 3,135
Write 2,208
Mixed 778
SusWrite 662
374% 1,696 MB/s
4K Read 56.4
4K Write 159
4K Mixed 59
245% 91.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1,286
DQ Write 1,230
DQ Mixed 930
788% 1,149 MB/s
Poor: 82%
This bench: 296%
Great: 313%
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB-$110
138GB free
Firmware: 1.01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 394 366 395 366 394 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
92% Outstanding
Read 358
Write 387
Mixed 305
SusWrite 385
81% 359 MB/s
4K Read 26.4
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 37.7
142% 55.4 MB/s
DQ Read 247
DQ Write 223
DQ Mixed 214
166% 228 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 92%
Great: 108%
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB-$110
107GB free
Firmware: 1.01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 450 485 450 485 449 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 445
Write 487
Mixed 342
SusWrite 467
98% 435 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 39.9
159% 63.8 MB/s
DQ Read 365
DQ Write 351
DQ Mixed 290
237% 336 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 111%
Great: 108%
Hitachi HTS725025A9A364 250GB-$79
190GB free
Firmware: PC2OC72E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 101 101 101 101 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
56.8% Above average
Read 97.5
Write 102
Mixed 54
SusWrite 100
65% 88.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 56.8%
Great: 59%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50
197GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 46 45 42 36 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
27.2% Poor
Read 51.7
Write 71.2
Mixed 41
SusWrite 42.8
38% 51.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
96% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 27.2%
Great: 74%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
98.2% Outstanding
MC Read 35.7
MC Write 38.4
MC Mixed 31
100% 35 GB/s
SC Read 20.1
SC Write 38.6
SC Mixed 27.4
82% 28.7 GB/s
Latency 53.5
75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 98.2%
Great: 116%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION(MS-7968) Builds (Compare 508 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 73%
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Motherboard: MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION - $175

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 40% - Average Total price: $1,380
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