MSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16)

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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.
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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% 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.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A16
Motherboard	MSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16) (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '19 at 21:22
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 269 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 648 70% 554 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 181 Parallax 175 128% 171 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 164 Splatting 117 108% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD6PP4M-256G-1006 256GB 1,500 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: A200806 SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 496 564 573 556 405 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 52% Great: 103%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 316GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 170GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 88 80 110 44 107 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.5% Above average	Read 486 Write 58.5 Mixed 169 SusWrite 85.5 43% 200 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 64.5 4K Mixed 15.6 94% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 66.5 70% 117 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 72%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1TB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 855GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 87 87 88 91 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 56.7 Write 60 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 88.8 44% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 74% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.4% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 14.4 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 16.4 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 104%

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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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Typical Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16) Builds (Compare 256 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	135x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	36x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	31x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	23x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $125Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	7x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $594

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16