MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	98.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A58
Motherboard	MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '17 at 08:04
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 153 2-Core 301 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 812 82% 667 Pts	64-Core 829 51% 829 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6181) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2632 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 163 Parallax 135 120% 148 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 143 Splatting 113 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 291GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8699 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1636 (B1) Unknown 93 93 75 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 67 54 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 134 (F1) Unknown 99 99 82556542517	98.2% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 349 Mixed 356 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 29.3 147% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 96.1 126% 230 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 126%
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 111GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 663 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1638 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 63 (A3) Unknown 100 100 28 (A4) Unknown 100 100 44320 (A5) Unknown 100 100 120 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 41 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4846 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 440499 (F2) Unknown 100 100 646125 (F5) Unknown 100 100 709120	108% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 432 Mixed 471 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 40 158% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 73.8 112% 211 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 32 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 43.7 SC Mixed 30.7 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	210x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	26x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	50x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	20x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	13x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	11x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	6x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $879

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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