MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170508
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '18 at 14:44
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 704 72% 579 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3793) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 134 Parallax 130 101% 130 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 121 Splatting 103 87% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 178 175 169 152 148 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 442 Write 169 Mixed 195 SusWrite 166 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 20.1 4K Mixed 23.1 90% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 73.2 DQ Mixed 82.2 72% 109 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 25GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 93 93 94 88 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 121 Write 67.5 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 91.1 57% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 82% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 114%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 77GB free, PID 1023 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 36 34 36 35 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 35.3 Write 28.2 Mixed 22 SusWrite 34.8 40% 30.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 43%
WD My Passport 259D 2TB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 102 101 100 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 100 Write 99 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 101 119% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 21,822 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 22.1 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 24.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 83%

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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 $265Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	14x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	12x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $1,245

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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