MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.3% 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	104% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '18 at 06:33
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (47^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 84.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 247 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 657 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.6% 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: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.3% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 117 Parallax 111 82% 109 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 102 Splatting 95 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 295 256 166 140 130 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 457 Mixed 396 SusWrite 226 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 52.8 178% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 156GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 204 186 195 198 169 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 288 Write 243 Mixed 266 SusWrite 191 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 19.1 4K Mixed 22 76% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 79.6 DQ Mixed 97.1 73% 99 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$85 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 950GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 152 149 153 155 155 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 151 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 153 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.6% 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 below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.6% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.2 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.6% 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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	355x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	47x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	42x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	99x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	58x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	41x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	27x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 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: 48% - Average

Total price: $1,165

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16