MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151021
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '21 at 10:53
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 707 72% 581 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 91.8 Parallax 80.3 64% 83.3 fps	MRender 79.4 Gravity 78.4 Splatting 68.5 61% 75.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Microsoft Storage Space Device 497GB 5,027 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 463GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 384 385 378 387 387 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 344 Write 364 Mixed 322 SusWrite 384 80% 354 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 59.8 201% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 192 160% 231 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 128%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 66 63 71 65 67 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 28% Great: 91%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 995GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 927GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 63 72 65 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 186 Write 158 Mixed 92.4 SusWrite 67 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.1 459% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 893GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 119 123 182 192 189 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 188 Mixed 104 SusWrite 155 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 200% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 179 176 177 180 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 164 Mixed 101 SusWrite 178 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2D3600C18 2x8GB 48,405 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.2% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 20.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 23.5 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 121%

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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	47x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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