MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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 Drive	212% 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A58
Motherboard	MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58) (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '18 at 13:56
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	21%

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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 i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 86.8 1-Core 137 2-Core 265 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 614 67% 532 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 144 Parallax 124 114% 136 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 134 Splatting 107 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 287GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 795 630 628 632 629 590 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,688 Write 1,532 Mixed 580 SusWrite 651 248% 1,113 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 50 201% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,062 DQ Write 899 DQ Mixed 785 641% 915 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 750GB-$310 3,724 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 386GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 447 411 412 411 411 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 482 Mixed 378 SusWrite 412 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 54.9 189% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 246 216% 324 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 125%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$185 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 163 165 166 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 173 Mixed 120 SusWrite 164 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 98%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$185 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 146 147 148 149 149 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 142 Write 139 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 148 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 98%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$185 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 164 166 166 165 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 158 Mixed 96 SusWrite 165 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.9 202% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 98%
Corsair Voyager GS 126GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 116GB free, PID 1a0d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 193 193 175 175 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 267 Write 150 Mixed 82.8 SusWrite 182 211% 170 MB/s	4K Read 8.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 2.6 144% 3.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 85%
Generic Flash Disk 2GB 6,669 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.2 4.3 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.8 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	4.45% Terrible	Read 17 Write 4 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 3.8 9% 7.88 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.45% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 2x16GB 6,222 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.9% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.7 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 19.7 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 102%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	210x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	26x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	50x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	20x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	13x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	11x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	6x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $857

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $539	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16