MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	66% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	60.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160121
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '16 at 20:22
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 225 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 560 62% 487 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6200 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 212GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 378 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 329 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 63 55 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 171 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1499940366	115% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 493 Mixed 505 113% 508 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 43.1 163% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 158 165% 269 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Sandisk SD8SNAT128G1122 128GB 1,041 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2201000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 100 62 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 329 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 13 (A9) Unknown 100 100 321 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 183 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 100 214748364844 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 902 (F1) Unknown 253 253 720 (F2) Unknown 253 253 649	66% Good	Read 462 Write 174 Mixed 257 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 3.92 106% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 26.7 62% 129 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214487368 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 397 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 668502 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 368 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 336 (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 67 57 555155489 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2680 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 81604378657 (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 84421877170413 (F1) Unknown 100 253 149328779 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17460879503	95.5% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 159 Mixed 161 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2800 C15 4x16GB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.8% Good	MC Read 19 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 14.6 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 119%

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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	352x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	47x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	42x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $158Bench 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	13x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	12x

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Total price: $1,380

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