MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	169% 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 Drive	319% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	59.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171206
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '21 at 16:29
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	87%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 84.2 2-Core 144 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 469 51% 406 Pts	64-Core 553 34% 553 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Device(1B4C A016) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Lighting 231 Reflection 214 Parallax 255 188% 233 fps	MRender 273 Gravity 247 Splatting 173 183% 231 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1294 1645 1887 2060 2123 2100 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	319% Outstanding	Read 2,064 Write 2,232 Mixed 1,409 SusWrite 1,852 425% 1,889 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 73.4 246% 89.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,204 DQ Write 919 DQ Mixed 1,065 795% 1,063 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 319% Great: 425%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 71GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1812 Write 2,104 Mixed 1,444 399% 1,786 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 77.1 261% 94.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,319 DQ Write 1,026 DQ Mixed 1,179 880% 1,175 MB/s
Poor: 215% Great: 425%
ADATA SU 650 240GB 223GB free, PID 0731 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 162 235 236 101 65 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	109% Outstanding	Read 254 Write 236 Mixed 225 SusWrite 152 289% 217 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 11.3 4K Mixed 1.1 490% 10.3 MB/s	DQ Read 18.2 DQ Write 13.9 DQ Mixed 9.1 850% 13.7 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x16GB 1,040 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	73% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.5 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 119%

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Typical Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION(MS-7968) Builds (Compare 513 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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 $120	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