MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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

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System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	54.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170508
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '19 at 15:06
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 247 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 671 66% 543 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.1% 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: 418.91 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 113 Parallax 80.4 86% 99.9 fps	MRender 83.2 Gravity 99 Splatting 87.8 74% 90 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 17,176 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,074 Write 1,242 Mixed 919 310% 1,412 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 42.7 143% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 731 DQ Write 372 DQ Mixed 625 444% 576 MB/s
Poor: 115% Great: 372%
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 870GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 227 227 230 230 231 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 302 Write 379 Mixed 274 SusWrite 229 67% 296 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 33.5 117% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 134 110% 153 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 104%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 77GB free Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 239 233 242 240 258 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 375 Write 236 Mixed 264 SusWrite 243 63% 280 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 15.1 91% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 23.9 44% 87.6 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 74%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$86 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 151 149 151 152 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 128 Write 110 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 151 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 88%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 176 172 178 176 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 154 Mixed 97 SusWrite 176 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%
SAMSUNG HD103SJ 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 719GB free, PID 0569 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 42 43 43 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	21% Poor	Read 39.7 Write 41.5 Mixed 34 SusWrite 42.5 54% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.2 108% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x16GB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.3% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 25.9 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 25.9 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 122%

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Gaming 86%

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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	353x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	47x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	42x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 83%, 15,511 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	14x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	12x

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Total price: $1,175

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16