MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 104%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	137% 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	99.1% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

8 months ago, 8 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A58
Motherboard	MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 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 08:12
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-7700K-$300 178,240 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	SC Int 148 SC Float 154 SC Mixed 149 120% 150 Pts	QC Int 502 QC Float 530 QC Mixed 505 116% 512 Pts	MC Int 739 MC Float 826 MC Mixed 804 118% 790 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$478 253,568 User benchmarks, average bench 122% EVGA(3842 6181) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2632 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 448 Reflection 417 Parallax 444 138% 436 fps	MRender 240 Gravity 426 Splatting 271 136% 313 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 140%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$301 17,909 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 291GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^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 82565539380	99.1% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 350 Mixed 355 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 29.5 149% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 96.5 127% 233 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 127%
Crucial BX100 500GB-$240 3,614 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 111GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^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 44324 (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 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4935 (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 440616 (F2) Unknown 100 100 646220 (F5) Unknown 100 100 709184	108% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 434 Mixed 467 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 40.3 158% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 74.1 113% 212 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$196 50,734 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 32.2 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 43.5 SC Mixed 32.3 94% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

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Typical Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58) Builds (Compare 618 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 126%

UFO

Desktop 124%

UFO

Workstation 91%

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

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $300Bench 97%, 178,240 samples	533x
Core i7-6700KIntel $359Bench 89%, 201,766 samples	45x
Core i5-7600KIntel $229Bench 92%, 59,704 samples	21x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $730Bench 154%, 150,527 samples	201x
GTX 1080Nvidia $478Bench 122%, 253,568 samples	157x
GTX 1070Nvidia $413Bench 98%, 299,565 samples	66x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $170Bench 220%, 52,653 samples	87x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 201%, 85,292 samples	53x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $215Bench 290%, 23,239 samples	47x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $160Bench 84%, 81,119 samples	35x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $196Bench 92%, 50,734 samples	22x
Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GBCorsairBench 83%, 1,815 samples	21x

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Value: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,360

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $320	Nvidia GTX 1070 $413	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $100
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $150	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $289	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $120
Intel Core i7-7700K $300	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $136

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $160	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $44
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $945	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $55	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $219	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12