MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.48% 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	62% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A58
Motherboard	MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180129
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '19 at 21:45
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 261 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 712 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 720 45% 720 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 9460) CLim: 1220 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.11.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	8.48% Terrible	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 32 0% 21.1 fps	MRender 29.3 Gravity 26.7 Splatting 33.5 25% 29.8 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 8.48% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 50 79 5 21 31 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	62% Good	Read 302 Write 111 Mixed 210 SusWrite 36.4 36% 165 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 26.3 125% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 137 130% 199 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 85%
Samsung MZNTY128HDHP-000L1 128GB 1,655 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 103GB free Firmware: MAT23L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 137 136 135 135 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 483 Mixed 339 SusWrite 150 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 60.8 217% 79.5 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 314 250% 349 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 104%
Samsung MZNTY128HDHP-000L1 128GB 1,655 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 91GB free Firmware: MAT23L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 262 263 258 264 261 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 50% Great: 104%
WD Red 8TB (2017)-$231 4,534 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 271GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 103 85 94 109 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 88 Write 127 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 100 70% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2400C15D4/4G 16GB 479 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2424, 2424, 2424, 2424 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 25.1 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 24 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 92%

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Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	210x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	26x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	50x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	20x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	13x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	11x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	6x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $878

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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