MSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics100% 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 Drive114% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A16
MotherboardMSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16)  (all builds)
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160722
Uptime12.2 Days
Run DateDec 09 '18 at 10:20
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 21%
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 PC Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
81.7% Excellent
Memory 88.8
1-Core 123
2-Core 230
84% 147 Pts
4-Core 402
8-Core 618
63% 510 Pts
64-Core 675
42% 675 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 81.7%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
100% Outstanding
Lighting 128
Reflection 143
Parallax 121
105% 130 fps
MRender 111
Gravity 126
Splatting 104
92% 114 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 100%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49
84GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 493 167 240 108 108 96 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
114% Outstanding
Read 839
Write 547
Mixed 565
SusWrite 202
120% 538 MB/s
4K Read 28.9
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 44.7
161% 62.1 MB/s
DQ Read 276
DQ Write 532
DQ Mixed 312
263% 373 MB/s
Poor: 79%
This bench: 114%
Great: 157%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49
415GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 63 50 53 60 57 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
40% Average
Read 81.2
Write 66.3
Mixed 59.5
SusWrite 58
49% 66.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.5
116% 1 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 40%
Great: 84%
Samsung HM500JI 500GB-$100
71GB free
Firmware: 2AC101C4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 52 49 51 52 52 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
29% Poor
Read 49.7
Write 32.7
Mixed 37.2
SusWrite 51
32% 42.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
117% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 29%
Great: 47%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
63.5% Good
MC Read 24.8
MC Write 22.9
MC Mixed 19.6
64% 22.4 GB/s
SC Read 14.7
SC Write 20.7
SC Mixed 18.9
52% 18.1 GB/s
Latency 68.7
58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 63.5%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16) Builds (Compare 254 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $613
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