MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	119% 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	42.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '16 at 19:06
Run Duration	987 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 145 2-Core 290 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 570 76% 571 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 162 Parallax 139 133% 155 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 150 Splatting 115 104% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT09B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24299 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2342 (B1) Unknown 30 30 837 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 304 (F1) Unknown 99 99 180615385400	42.3% Average	Read 366 Write 84.1 Mixed 78.8 38% 176 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 42.2 4K Mixed 9.79 73% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 49.2 DQ Mixed 22.2 21% 32.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 138GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 168 2400 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 525 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12358 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 328 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 442 (C2) HDA temperature 117 102 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	74.7% Very good	Read 128 Write 132 Mixed 131 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.29 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 0.27 134% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 109%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 137GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 181 7750 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1805 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5684 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 83 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 35611 (C2) HDA temperature 123 107 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.3% Average	Read 76.3 Write 77.7 Mixed 86 61% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.2 88% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3600 C18 4x4GB 312 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB 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	77.8% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 25.1 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 123%

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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	353x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	47x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	42x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 83%, 15,511 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	14x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	12x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $1,175

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16