MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.6% 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	213% 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.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	55.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170508
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '19 at 17:24
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 151 2-Core 299 98% 180 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 808 75% 628 Pts	64-Core 818 51% 818 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 114 Parallax 110 86% 110 fps	MRender 88.1 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 92.7 76% 92.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 17,176 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 618 557 550 523 513 453 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 2,696 Write 590 Mixed 792 SusWrite 536 251% 1,153 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 43.7 153% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 760 DQ Write 377 DQ Mixed 680 475% 605 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 372%
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 870GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 229 232 230 230 234 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 325 Write 387 Mixed 282 SusWrite 230 69% 306 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 78.4 4K Mixed 32.8 123% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 134 109% 151 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 104%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 77GB free Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 255 239 236 238 260 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	66% Good	Read 450 Write 249 Mixed 246 SusWrite 243 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 15.5 96% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 23.4 44% 87.5 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 74%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 141 141 141 143 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 122 Write 116 Mixed 82 SusWrite 142 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 88%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 176 174 174 177 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 161 Mixed 91.8 SusWrite 176 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%
SAMSUNG HD103SJ 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 719GB free, PID 0569 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Read 41.7 Write 42.8 Mixed 35.3 SusWrite 42.6 55% 40.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 132% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x16GB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 26.2 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 23.6 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 122%

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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	355x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	58x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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 $90Bench 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: $1,175

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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