MSI Z270 MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A57)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.9% 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	222% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A57
Motherboard	MSI Z270 MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A57) (all builds)
Memory	20.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '18 at 22:23
Run Duration	279 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 255 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 718 71% 582 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1631 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 125 Parallax 111 94% 117 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 111 Splatting 90.9 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.9% 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% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 776 818 858 676 564 481 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 2,089 Write 871 Mixed 665 SusWrite 695 238% 1,080 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 45.2 229% 93.6 MB/s	DQ Read 965 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 362 337% 542 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 243%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 89GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 351 224 177 177 175 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 514 Write 480 Mixed 409 SusWrite 238 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 23.7 63% 15.2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 101%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 95GB free Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 360 395 141 142 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 466 Mixed 378 SusWrite 253 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 41.7 147% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 276 208% 274 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 80GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 332 418 465 467 468 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 479 Mixed 391 SusWrite 410 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 52.5 187% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 352 265% 356 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 299GB free Firmware: 4L2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1789 896 585 586 602 603 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	323% Outstanding	Read 2,350 Write 1,835 Mixed 1,326 SusWrite 844 354% 1,589 MB/s	4K Read 71.4 4K Write 217 4K Mixed 101 352% 130 MB/s	DQ Read 1,628 DQ Write 1,438 DQ Mixed 1,495 1,131% 1,520 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 323% Great: 296%
EMC LIFELINE-DISK 1.5TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 922GB free Firmware: 1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 36 36 36 35 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 50 Write 35.8 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 35.5 10% 44.4 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 11 4K Mixed 14.4 49% 13.9 MB/s	DQ Read 37.3 DQ Write 24.4 DQ Mixed 21.4 18% 27.7 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 21%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 140 142 142 143 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 128 Write 140 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 142 166% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 106% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSA.16FARG 859B BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 859B BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2733, 2733, 2733 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance (0^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.2% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 18.6 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 21.5 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 92%

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Typical Z270 MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A57) Builds (Compare 173 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 89%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A57)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	117x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	13x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	36x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	28x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	12x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	11x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	9x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 82%, 74,390 samples	11x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	8x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	6x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $835

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 $46

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