MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.95% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	201% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '19 at 03:05
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	JOR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 264 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 671 68% 550 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7968) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6323 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.95% Terrible	Lighting 8.37 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.38 7% 9.63 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 7.37 Splatting 16.3 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.95% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$45 23,539 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 258GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 622 601 600 602 601 599 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,028 Write 742 Mixed 649 SusWrite 604 169% 756 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 65 216% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,358 DQ Write 1,132 DQ Mixed 1,248 934% 1,246 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 277%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$81 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 271GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 83 83 81 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 79.7 Write 77.3 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 82.8 52% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 85%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$81 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 493GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 89 88 89 88 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 112 Write 90.2 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 87.8 64% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 688GB free Firmware: JKAOA28A SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 65 66 65 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 56.5 Write 61 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 65.5 41% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 69%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 963GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 132 126 134 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 129 Write 116 Mixed 71.3 SusWrite 129 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 86%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 144GB free Firmware: JP2OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 42 41 39 42 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 23.5 Write 35.3 Mixed 18 SusWrite 40 21% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.2 48% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14/8G KHX2400C15D4/8G KHX2133C14/8G KHX2400C15D4/8G 32GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.5% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 21.7 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 21.1 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 81%

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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	351x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	46x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	12x

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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 $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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