MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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 Drive	72% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (65%). 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	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '19 at 07:52
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	65%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 70.5 2-Core 183 69% 116 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 704 63% 533 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 153 Parallax 138 108% 141 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 132 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.U SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 28 346 195 159 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 355 Write 383 Mixed 268 SusWrite 189 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 32 119% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 65.6 90% 166 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 110%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 726GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 46 114 119 114 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 121 Write 120 Mixed 65 SusWrite 104 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 66 174 176 177 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 157 Mixed 100 SusWrite 157 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 246% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 29.6 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 17.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 125%

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

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Typical Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION(MS-7968) Builds (Compare 509 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION - $175

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	351x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	47x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	42x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $109Bench 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	13x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	12x

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Value: 40% - Average

Total price: $1,380

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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