MSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 33.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (18%). 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.

System	MSI MS-7A16
Motherboard	MSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171205
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '18 at 13:24
Run Duration	551 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th 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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Memory 51.1 1-Core 25.6 2-Core 51.1 29% 42.6 Pts	4-Core 83.8 8-Core 139 14% 112 Pts	64-Core 138 9% 138 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Elitegroup(1019 1029) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.8 Reflection 22.9 Parallax 18.6 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 19.8 Splatting 25.9 20% 24.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7LF128HCHP-00000 128GB 1,148 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: FXT0101Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6507 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1929 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 96 (AE) Unknown 99 99 117 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1067 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 44 30 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 15971908 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8019 (F2) Unknown 99 99 10806 (F9) Unknown 99 99 12288	38% Below average	Read 474 Write 56.2 Mixed 89.5 44% 206 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 28.1 4K Mixed 7.79 50% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 19.7 DQ Write 38.3 DQ Mixed 8.19 12% 22 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 61%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 214GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5922 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6491 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1912 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 302 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5619 (C2) HDA temperature 115 97 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	90.9% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 135 Mixed 159 120% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.19 95% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 109%
2,021 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 7GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	2.87% Terrible	Read 10.7 Write 2.58 Mixed 3.75 6% 5.69 MB/s	4K Read 3.13 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.004 12% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.87% Great: 6%

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 way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	47.5% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 21.5 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 8.5 23% 8.2 GB/s	Latency 157 26% 157 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	133x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	36x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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 $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	23x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $115Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	6x

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

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $613

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	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) $35	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