MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 56% Gunboat


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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '17 at 16:11
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 599 80% 598 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 78.9 Reflection 73.8 Parallax 108 64% 86.7 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 60 56% 69.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PLEXTOR PX-256M8 256GB 527 User benchmarks, average bench 161% 238GB free Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1,864 Write 759 Mixed 998 265% 1,207 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 59.5 241% 94.1 MB/s	DQ Read 646 DQ Write 510 DQ Mixed 35.8 174% 397 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 205%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 62GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4431637 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -87892210736109 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 534 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 248 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 44 107377066015 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 107377066015 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4431637 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4431637 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4431637 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1888 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1239 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1239 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1636	79.2% Very good	Read 433 Write 198 Mixed 261 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 22.8 141% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 53.3 80% 149 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 87%
Zotac SATA SSD 120GB 316 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2126 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 312 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 51 (AD) Unknown 100 100 655377 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 105 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2269	89% Excellent	Read 528 Write 479 Mixed 502 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 13.8 125% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 34.2 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 13.9 28% 53 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 586GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1024 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3126 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 624 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 327 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 696 (C2) HDA temperature 104 94 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.3% Good	Read 104 Write 109 Mixed 93.4 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.36 130% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-3200 CL16 8GB 2x8GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 35.3 112% 39.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 45.8 SC Mixed 32 96% 33.7 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

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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 $250Bench 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 $499Bench 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 $40Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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