MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	85.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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Run History

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System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '18 at 05:49
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 672 67% 544 Pts	64-Core 720 44% 720 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 117 Parallax 120 120% 128 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 102 Splatting 96.1 80% 98.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110 2,093 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 89 86 81 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 1,554 Write 91.3 Mixed 165 SusWrite 84 100% 474 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.9 66% 14.9 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 188%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 246GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 164 162 168 169 165 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 120 Write 119 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 165 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.1 378% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 112%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 208 204 209 212 212 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 206 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 209 124% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.6 202% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 121%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 360GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 119 119 125 126 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 129 Write 115 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 122 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 109%
Sony Storage Media 1GB 287 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	5.39% Terrible	Read 17.5 Write 3.7 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 4.1 8% 7.38 MB/s	4K Read 8.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 31% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.39% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2300 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 23.7 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 22.6 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 95%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 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 $254	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16