MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 136% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	135% 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	184% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171206
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '18 at 07:26
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 595 8-Core 595 80% 595 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 214 Parallax 187 154% 197 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 185 Splatting 132 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 396GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11352 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2114 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 74 63 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 188 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9200006293	104% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 503 Mixed 505 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 28.8 164% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 40.2 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 28.5 39% 68.9 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$69 12,601 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 340GB free Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 2,016 Write 1,518 Mixed 1,602 380% 1,712 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 68 247% 91.5 MB/s	DQ Read 579 DQ Write 398 DQ Mixed 269 260% 415 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 262%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 1,741 Write 834 Mixed 965 259% 1,180 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 31 199% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 51.7 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 30.6 49% 89.8 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 243%
WD WD10EVDS-63N5B1 1TB 3,131 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 838GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 185 6491 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10923 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22347 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5440 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1578 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 305705 (C2) HDA temperature 122 89 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	53.6% Above average	Read 95.2 Write 91.5 Mixed 87.6 69% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.31 80% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 3,365 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 31.3 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 29.2 84% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 109%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION - $175

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	351x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	46x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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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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