MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	58.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	239% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '17 at 18:04
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 150 2-Core 298 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 824 81% 665 Pts	64-Core 839 52% 839 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1410 MHz, MLim: 1850 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Lighting 74.4 Reflection 73.7 Parallax 96.1 61% 81.4 fps	MRender 69.7 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 58.3 54% 66.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PLEXTOR PX-256M8 256GB 527 User benchmarks, average bench 161% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1,856 Write 778 Mixed 973 264% 1,202 MB/s	4K Read 51.9 4K Write 214 4K Mixed 64.5 275% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 698 DQ Write 862 DQ Mixed 207 315% 589 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 205%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 72GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4612814 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 73572789789818 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 636 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 322 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 44 107377066014 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 107377066014 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4612814 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4612814 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4612814 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1993 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1332 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1332 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1788	72.4% Very good	Read 522 Write 176 Mixed 222 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 18.8 126% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 23.2 DQ Mixed 18.3 34% 71.9 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 87%
Zotac SATA SSD 120GB 316 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 52GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2227 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 414 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 51 (AD) Unknown 100 100 786453 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 178 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2699	97.6% Outstanding	Read 534 Write 490 Mixed 368 103% 464 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 14.7 120% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 18.2 84% 189 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 771GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1168 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3206 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 687 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 362 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 805 (C2) HDA temperature 110 93 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	83.9% Excellent	Read 150 Write 143 Mixed 113 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.81 4K Mixed 0.32 135% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-3200 CL16 8GB 2x8GB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3264 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 31.9 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 31 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION - $175

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	352x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	47x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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