MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79% 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	230% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170110
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '21 at 15:17
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 (97^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 250 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 593 68% 529 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79% Very good	Lighting 99.6 Reflection 117 Parallax 103 81% 106 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 86.5 Splatting 90.4 75% 91.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 897 895 866 856 891 652 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 2,029 Write 909 Mixed 721 SusWrite 843 248% 1,126 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 56 219% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,053 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 382 361% 585 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 411GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 387 386 387 381 385 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 357 Write 375 Mixed 327 SusWrite 385 82% 361 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 81.6 4K Mixed 53.3 174% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 247 187% 251 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 887GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 163 161 164 160 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 166 Mixed 105 SusWrite 161 113% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 4x4GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 31 102% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 42.4 SC Mixed 28.9 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	144	23.8"	1280 720	ACR0704 VG240Y P

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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	353x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	47x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	42x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $159Bench 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	14x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	12x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $1,175

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16