MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99% 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	174% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	23 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 17 '24 at 20:57
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^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 as expected (57^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 82.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 657 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8591) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 134 Parallax 138 101% 132 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 128 Splatting 112 96% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 273GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1636 649 355 313 290 323 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,307 Write 1521 Mixed 1,247 SusWrite 594 263% 1,167 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 61.5 189% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 704 DQ Write 470 DQ Mixed 669 477% 614 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 365%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$182 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 294GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 204 202 202 200 204 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 348 Write 352 Mixed 301 SusWrite 202 68% 301 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 33.9 124% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 251 190% 255 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 384GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 206 203 204 201 205 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 349 Write 367 Mixed 274 SusWrite 204 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 45.9 148% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 248 187% 252 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$65 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 107GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 467 457 404 436 433 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 443 Mixed 345 SusWrite 443 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 41 146% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 327 255% 351 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C14 2x16GB 913 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.6 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 109%

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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: 0P 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	70	58	60	27.9"	1280 720	ACR03FF Acer B286HK

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

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 $249Bench 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 $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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