MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	244% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170508
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 21:38
Run Duration	366 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 242 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 722 70% 578 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.3% 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 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 104 92% 110 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 82.1 74% 92 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 404GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9957 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 88 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 46 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26015212308
Poor: 78% Great: 135%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 1,962 Write 1,250 Mixed 1,326 335% 1,512 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 56.9 225% 84.3 MB/s	DQ Read 545 DQ Write 380 DQ Mixed 126 185% 350 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 283%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$139 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 9.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 71 64 12873560 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 135457 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21590800596993 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 67 555810849 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 111669149729 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 11 11 12873560 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 93432718557184 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6317812 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6555748
Poor: 47% Great: 111%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2014)-$220 1,278 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 22348122 (03) Spinup time 90 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9986 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30848873 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17750 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 197 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 42950328331 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 65 49 589496355 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2347 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29925 (C2) HDA temperature 35 51 68719476771 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 42 22348122 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 69054484190571 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29943834971 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11807725307	79.2% Very good	Read 161 Write 115 Mixed 110 96% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.25 86% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$139 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 176256526 (03) Spinup time 88 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3823 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 423623497 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -3642132259006 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 67 49 555810849 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2268 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 858369 (C2) HDA temperature 33 51 81604378657 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 1 176256526 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -135725261518975 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30621412665 (F2) Unknown 100 253 109267572663	107% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 179 Mixed 141 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 3.51 4K Mixed 0.32 214% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$139 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 64 36532231 (03) Spinup time 94 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 98 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 79025611 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 64957085389305 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 82 82 18 (BE) vendor-specific 67 58 555745313 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2363 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5190 (C2) HDA temperature 33 42 85899345953 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 10 1 36532231 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 84670985273803 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16297713766 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1162383239
Poor: 47% Great: 111%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2014)-$220 1,278 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 36711784 (03) Spinup time 91 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9949 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 99432079 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 22810 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 269 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 572653602 (BF) G-sense error rate 98 98 5025 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 75766 (C2) HDA temperature 34 50 68719476770 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 47 36711784 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -10067403330558 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31035289825 (F2) Unknown 100 253 189038817206	59.6% Above average	Read 75.5 Write 132 Mixed 69.4 69% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.29 77% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 118%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 950GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 100 6150 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 198 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13600 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 133 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 109 (C2) HDA temperature 117 95 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0	107% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 198 Mixed 173 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 2.98 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.29 203% 1.92 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 118%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 779GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 167 167 826 (03) Spinup time 168 142 10575 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3968 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 33 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 64 26188 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 457 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 345 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3621 (C2) HDA temperature 116 94 36 (C4) Reallocation count 171 171 29 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	16.7% Very poor	Read 35.7 Write 22.2 Mixed 21.5 20% 26.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.14 55% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 93%
NORELSYS 106X 8TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4TB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 159 Mixed 89.9 168% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.54 4K Write 12 4K Mixed 0.65 437% 4.74 MB/s	DQ Read 1.04 DQ Write 13.8 DQ Mixed 0.68 498% 5.18 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 79%
asmedia ASMT1153e 960GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 177GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	290% Outstanding	Read 305 Write 272 Mixed 212 326% 263 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 16.2 2,648% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 70.3 DQ Mixed 12.1 2,891% 35.3 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 290% Great: 331%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 27.3 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 27.2 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 114%

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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	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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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