MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	84.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170508
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '18 at 03:21
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 270 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 706 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 117 Parallax 120 122% 129 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 103 Splatting 91.5 79% 97.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110 2,093 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 84 78 55 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 1,555 Write 93 Mixed 172 SusWrite 67.5 100% 472 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.8 68% 15.3 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 188%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 246GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 160 163 162 157 162 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 126 Write 158 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 160 85% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.1 378% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 112%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 216 209 208 206 215 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 206 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 210 126% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.7 200% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 121%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 360GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 124 123 124 121 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	70% Very good	Read 122 Write 121 Mixed 65 SusWrite 122 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.1 205% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 1x8GB 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.1% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 12.1 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 13.6 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION - $175

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	351x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	46x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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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Value: 40% - Average

Total price: $1,380

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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