MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171206
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '18 at 12:58
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 86.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 234 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 655 65% 530 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 67 Reflection 70.2 Parallax 61.4 55% 66.2 fps	MRender 74.2 Gravity 63.6 Splatting 60.3 53% 66 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 480GB-$70 2,932 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 304GB free Firmware: M2CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^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 100 100 572 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 159 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B4) Unknown 100 100 66 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 41 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 875087887 (F7) Unknown 100 100 7141587 (F8) Unknown 100 100 6085976	74.3% Very good	Read 378 Write 307 Mixed 312 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 24.4 115% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 88.6 80% 120 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 121%
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^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 100 100 985 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1390 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 37 (A3) Unknown 100 100 633 (94) Unknown 100 100 124047 (95) Unknown 100 100 1797 (96) Unknown 100 100 1607 (97) Unknown 100 100 1772 (A4) Unknown 100 100 42546 (A5) Unknown 100 100 81 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 33 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 54087381876777 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 302537 (F2) Unknown 100 100 534438 (F5) Unknown 100 100 502574 (F6) Unknown 100 100 496188 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	57.3% Above average	Read 357 Write 201 Mixed 206 56% 255 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 13.8 82% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 33.9 57% 113 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.4% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 14.7 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 52%

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Desktop 90%

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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	353x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	47x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	42x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $150Bench 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	14x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	12x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $1,175

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16