MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58)

Performance Results


Gaming 144% UFO	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 125% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	134% 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	289% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A58
Motherboard	MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '18 at 19:16
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 163 2-Core 326 107% 196 Pts	4-Core 614 8-Core 921 95% 768 Pts	64-Core 919 57% 919 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 207 Parallax 202 154% 199 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 182 Splatting 129 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	289% Outstanding	Read 2,837 Write 1,427 Mixed 1,496 422% 1,920 MB/s	4K Read 58.5 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 50.5 221% 79 MB/s	DQ Read 665 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 194 224% 394 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 289% Great: 254%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 255GB free Firmware: 1.0.00 Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	387% Outstanding	Read 3,084 Write 2,732 Mixed 2,442 613% 2,753 MB/s	4K Read 65 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 47.4 241% 89 MB/s	DQ Read 709 DQ Write 461 DQ Mixed 253 278% 475 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 387% Great: 313%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 83 (03) Spinup time 169 169 42976608584 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 294 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 37056 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 252 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 457 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 457 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 227634446361 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	81.9% Excellent	Read 161 Write 125 Mixed 116 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.45 107% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3733 C17 4x4GB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	MC Read 42.7 MC Write 47.5 MC Mixed 36.1 120% 42.1 GB/s	SC Read 26.1 SC Write 54.1 SC Mixed 34.9 110% 38.4 GB/s	Latency 45.3 88% 45.3 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 128%

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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 $241Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	6x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $878

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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