MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 140%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 102%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 121%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics142% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive173% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7968
MotherboardMSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION  (all builds)
Memory13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160722
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 01 '17 at 19:21
Run Duration170 Seconds
Run User THA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
98% Outstanding
Memory 96.5
1-Core 150
2-Core 295
100% 180 Pts
4-Core 536
8-Core 819
84% 677 Pts
64-Core 825
51% 825 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 98%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2821 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.92
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
142% Outstanding
Lighting 205
Reflection 211
Parallax 207
167% 208 fps
MRender 132
Gravity 193
Splatting 131
123% 152 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 142%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$110
129GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
173% Outstanding
Read 1,763
Write 527
Mixed 667
214% 986 MB/s
4K Read 47
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 32.3
168% 61.2 MB/s
DQ Read 618
DQ Write 311
DQ Mixed 140
190% 356 MB/s
Poor: 125%
This bench: 173%
Great: 215%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100
70GB free
Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
78.2% Very good
Read 478
Write 184
Mixed 232
65% 298 MB/s
4K Read 34.6
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 15.9
139% 58.4 MB/s
DQ Read 214
DQ Write 166
DQ Mixed 50.4
76% 143 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 78.2%
Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
745GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
63.5% Good
Read 97.3
Write 124
Mixed 88.8
77% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.46
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.26
95% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 63.5%
Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65
635GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
41.4% Average
Read 72.6
Write 71.8
Mixed 69.7
54% 71.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.48
4K Write 0.37
4K Mixed 0.2
49% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 41.4%
Great: 57%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR4-3200 CL16 8GB 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3264 MHz
Performing below potential (40th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
99.8% Outstanding
MC Read 37
MC Write 37.8
MC Mixed 30.7
100% 35.2 GB/s
SC Read 22.8
SC Write 40.7
SC Mixed 29.7
89% 31.1 GB/s
Latency 52.2
77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 73%
This bench: 99.8%
Great: 112%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION(MS-7968) Builds (Compare 508 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 73%
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Motherboard: MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION - $175

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 40% - Average Total price: $1,380
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