MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58)

Performance Results


Gaming 143% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 124% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	146% 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	101% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7A58
Motherboard	MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 22:03
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 150 2-Core 282 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 830 85% 686 Pts	64-Core 825 51% 825 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3660) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2890 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Lighting 209 Reflection 227 Parallax 223 170% 220 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 206 Splatting 141 132% 163 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Ultra 960GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 578GB free Firmware: X413 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4849724 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 46 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 775 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 46 197570134049 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 73015361553 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1194 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1241 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1214 (F2) Unknown 253 253 118 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	101% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 300 Mixed 364 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 31.7 165% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 34.1 102% 223 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
KINGSTON 480GB 279 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 388GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM 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 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3184 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 707 (A8) Unknown 100 100 425380407 (AA) Unknown 100 100 567 (AD) Unknown 100 100 720925 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 115 (C2) HDA temperature 62 56 188979937318 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5480 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4337 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6403 (F4) Unknown 100 100 11 (F5) Unknown 100 100 29 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1540160	101% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 499 Mixed 499 114% 508 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 13.6 123% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 50.8 112% 231 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%
Seagate ST6000DM 001-1XY17Z 6TB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 162150104 (03) Spinup time 87 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 956 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 46087961 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4946 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 947 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 66 51 572325922 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 3204 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5114 (C2) HDA temperature 34 49 77309411362 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 65 47 162150104 (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 27225797693989 (F1) Unknown 100 253 45556910261 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1122119792491	89.2% Excellent	Read 151 Write 160 Mixed 140 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.29 101% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC41 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 117 99 144242152 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1158 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 55 51 382279780335 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6740 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1206 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 66 57 589037602 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2386 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 73014444066 (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 54361401074762 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18207051378 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2871924766361
Poor: 43% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC41 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 114 99 74466968 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1170 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 54 53 1194071446334 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6743 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1208 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 588972066 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 90 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7337 (C2) HDA temperature 34 41 73014444066 (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 -55967718825230 (F1) Unknown 100 253 53126679619 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4548587136500
Poor: 43% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 29 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 29.3 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 108%

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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 $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	6x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $852

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