MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 98%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics103% 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 Drive321% 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.
Memory64GB 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 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)
Memory59.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180626
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 07 '22 at 23:36
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
88.6% Excellent
Memory 90.6
1-Core 140
2-Core 277
93% 169 Pts
4-Core 466
8-Core 699
72% 583 Pts
64-Core 707
44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 88.6%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$246
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 526.47
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Lighting 136
Reflection 126
Parallax 122
110% 128 fps
MRender 138
Gravity 100
Splatting 96.4
89% 112 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 103%
Great: 106%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 980 2TB
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1197 1731 2060 2153 2158 2154 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
321% Outstanding
Read 2,128
Write 2,189
Mixed 2,224
SusWrite 1,909
477% 2,112 MB/s
4K Read 62.1
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 81.1
258% 85.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,021
DQ Write 705
DQ Mixed 913
668% 880 MB/s
Poor: 159%
This bench: 321%
Great: 528%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48
931GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 172 173 174 174 174 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 187
Write 165
Mixed 110
SusWrite 171
116% 158 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.2
237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 103%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3400 C16 4x16GB
4 of 4 slots used
64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (37th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
79% Very good
MC Read 25.5
MC Write 32.4
MC Mixed 26.3
80% 28.1 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 31.5
SC Mixed 21.9
68% 23.7 GB/s
Latency 66.4
60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 68%
This bench: 79%
Great: 115%

 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 514 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship

Motherboard: MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION - $175

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $870
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