MSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.91% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	71.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A16
Motherboard	MSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16) (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 13:37
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 135 2-Core 270 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 504 65% 492 Pts	64-Core 532 33% 532 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 3800 3,739 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Nvidia(10DE 0661) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	6.91% Terrible	Lighting 9.03 Reflection 7.96 Parallax 3.91 7% 6.97 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 6.87 Splatting 7.26 6% 7.38 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.91% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 18243816 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 47845935682372 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 579 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 84 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 70 68724064282 (C2) HDA temperature 26 70 68724064282 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18243816 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18243816 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18243816 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5989 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2494 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2494 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4420	71.6% Very good	Read 502 Write 144 Mixed 205 62% 284 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 15.8 137% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 38.7 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 17.1 33% 61.9 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 218GB free Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 89416726 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4101 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 21 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 68352379 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6766 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1228 (B4) Unknown 100 100 336142798 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 59 471334940 (C2) HDA temperature 28 41 60129542172 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 16 89416726 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 21 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	61.8% Good	Read 107 Write 108 Mixed 104 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.37 92% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 68%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 3GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	9.46% Terrible	Read 43.1 Write 6.47 Mixed 9.48 18% 19.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.97 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.05 29% 2.36 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.46% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D26AFTA.16FBD 1x8GB 748 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	48.4% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 14.5 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 13.4 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 54%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	134x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	36x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	53x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	31x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	23x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $125Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	7x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $599

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