MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.4% 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	59.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '19 at 03:48
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 127 2-Core 236 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 764 73% 604 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Zotac(19DA 4527) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3015 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 97.8 Parallax 89.4 88% 98.4 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 94 Splatting 84.9 77% 96 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team L5 LITE SSD 120GB 1,835 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0510B SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 80 50 52 44 48 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 469 Write 140 Mixed 46 SusWrite 54.5 38% 177 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 9.8 106% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 22.6 61% 128 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 80%
WD WD40EJRX-89T1XY0 4TB 414 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 167 171 168 172 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 168 Mixed 83.8 SusWrite 170 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 209% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.5% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 16.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 20.2 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 86%

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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 $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 $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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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