MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	190% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '19 at 01:13
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	59.2% Above average	Memory 82.5 1-Core 80.3 2-Core 155 63% 106 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 227 28% 217 Pts	64-Core 240 15% 240 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 75 Parallax 65.5 63% 72.7 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 71.8 Splatting 70.9 58% 71.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 60%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 512GB 29,096 User benchmarks, average bench 203% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 574 510 509 467 355 348 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 1,699 Write 1,174 Mixed 619 SusWrite 460 219% 988 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 58.9 196% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 866 DQ Write 600 DQ Mixed 485 429% 650 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 291%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x8GB 7,706 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	67.8% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22.2 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 18 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 73%

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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 508 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

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 $250Bench 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 $499Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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