MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.4% 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	136% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	May 13 '20 at 07:40
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 733 80% 633 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 116 Parallax 104 89% 110 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 91.5 78% 95.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 87%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$135 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 799GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 483 465 475 490 489 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 467 Mixed 399 SusWrite 480 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 68.6 232% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 359 258% 334 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x16GB-$68 6,515 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 26.4 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 25.8 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION - $175

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	355x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 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 $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	58x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	41x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $330Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	27x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $870

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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