MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	82% 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	171% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Very high background CPU (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 48 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160517
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '20 at 05:27
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	77%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	56.1% Above average	Memory 67.1 1-Core 79 2-Core 182 61% 109 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 500 44% 371 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82% Excellent	Lighting 119 Reflection 67.5 Parallax 63.3 97% 83.3 fps	MRender 54.8 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 72 53% 63.3 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 529GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 797 746 821 817 853 872 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,528 Write 1422 Mixed 1,083 SusWrite 818 272% 1,213 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 38.3 128% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 398 DQ Write 510 DQ Mixed 590 407% 499 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 372%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 27GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 209 132 129 126 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 344 Write 311 Mixed 258 SusWrite 162 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 26.1 92% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 180 153% 220 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 97%
WDC WD10EACS-00D6B0 4TB 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 185 185 185 183 185 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 180 Write 60 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 183 27% 123 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 10.3 4K Mixed 1.1 18% 6.33 MB/s	DQ Read 1.4 DQ Write 14.1 DQ Mixed 1 3% 5.5 MB/s

HP S700 500GB-$60 12,813 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 10GB free Firmware: R0522A1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 303 Write 283 Mixed 296 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 39.3 4K Mixed 17.2 70% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 45.9 82% 161 MB/s
Poor: 34% Great: 100%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 165 165 166 169 163 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 146 Mixed 91.8 SusWrite 164 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 101%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 234GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 81 80 80 80 79 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 118 Write 38.8 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 79.6 53% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 171% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C16-8GTZB 0420 F4-3000C16-16GTZR 0420 F4-3200C16-8GTZB 0420 F4-3000C16-16GTZR 48GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	67.3% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 25.6 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 9.6 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 74%

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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 $242Bench 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 $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