MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.7% 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	97.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '18 at 06:23
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 223 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 640 64% 522 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1632 MHz, MLim: 1755 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 116 Reflection 121 Parallax 118 94% 118 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 106 Splatting 86.5 78% 96.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 130 143 140 140 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 411 Mixed 393 SusWrite 153 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 50.7 167% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 156GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 198 195 194 199 182 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 313 Write 238 Mixed 240 SusWrite 192 55% 246 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 18.4 4K Mixed 20.9 72% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 88.8 DQ Write 82.2 DQ Mixed 95.8 69% 88.9 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 950GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 148 152 153 155 155 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 138 Mixed 76 SusWrite 152 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB 1,302 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.5 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 115%

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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 $94Bench 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 $39Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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