MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (96%). 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	56.5 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 21:18
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	96%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 87.6 2-Core 177 69% 118 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 806 77% 636 Pts	64-Core 811 50% 811 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.4% 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	82.8% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 115 Parallax 111 87% 111 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 86 Splatting 93 74% 90.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 17,176 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,918 Write 1,869 Mixed 952 420% 1,913 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 49.1 164% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 789 DQ Write 661 DQ Mixed 701 532% 717 MB/s
Poor: 115% Great: 372%
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 870GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 384 381 390 392 390 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 308 Write 367 Mixed 278 SusWrite 385 76% 334 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 33.6 124% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 130 104% 143 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 104%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 77GB free Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 239 234 262 241 254 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 480 Write 257 Mixed 249 SusWrite 247 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 82.7 4K Mixed 15.7 98% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 23.6 44% 87.6 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 74%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$90 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 102 102 100 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 150 Write 142 Mixed 91.3 SusWrite 101 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 88%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 179 177 179 175 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 162 Mixed 90 SusWrite 177 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 101%
SAMSUNG HD103SJ 1TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 719GB free, PID 0569 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 125 125 123 125 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 135 Write 146 Mixed 69 SusWrite 126 159% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 129% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 55.2% 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 below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.6% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 25.8 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 24.8 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 78.6% 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 $219Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	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