MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	37.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151021
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 28 '18 at 10:38
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 as expected (49^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 84.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 227 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 623 65% 521 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$53 30,265 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 223GB free Firmware: E8FK11.G Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1,436 Write 844 Mixed 1,024 244% 1,101 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 39 153% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 393 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 158 173% 291 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 141%
Ocz-vertex2 3.5 115GB 2,637 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 16646436 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 36936718762716 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 527 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 55 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 107 99 16646436 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19136 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11200 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11200 (F2) Unknown 0 0 22912	37.3% Below average	Read 230 Write 67.6 Mixed 92.6 28% 130 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 12.1 68% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 66.8 DQ Mixed 28.2 37% 67.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 49%
Qnap iSCSI Storage 214GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 8GB free Firmware: 4.0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.5% Poor	Read 106 Write 112 Mixed 142 27% 120 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 8.98 4K Mixed 12.4 41% 11.5 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 98.8 76% 104 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 30%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 211104712 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 528 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22867194 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17243 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 521 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BE) vendor-specific 66 61 589365282 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26536 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 73014444066 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 124700080483290 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37165238157 (F2) Unknown 100 253 113634477308	87.3% Excellent	Read 181 Write 124 Mixed 122 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.25 74% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 113%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 24GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 151 Write 129 Mixed 104 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.18 67% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 6,294 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.2% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.9 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 20 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 110%

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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	46x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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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Total price: $1,380

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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