MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.3% 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	71.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (99%). 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	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160517
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '19 at 22:04
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	99%

PC Performing as expected (45^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 130 2-Core 224 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 669 67% 543 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.3% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 126 Parallax 106 98% 118 fps	MRender 90.1 Gravity 113 Splatting 96.2 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 163 117 113 116 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 418 Write 317 Mixed 321 SusWrite 130 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 35 127% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 71.8 84% 145 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 105%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 157 155 159 155 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 130 Write 136 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 157 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 97%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 598GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 100 100 100 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 87.3 Write 85.7 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 100 61% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 97%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 792GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 123 121 122 122 123 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 85 Write 164 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 124 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 301% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 107%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 71GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 153 154 154 151 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 141 Write 156 Mixed 92.2 SusWrite 153 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 195GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 126 124 123 121 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 158 Write 130 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 124 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	96% Outstanding	MC Read 34 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 30.1 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 27.6 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 112%

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Typical Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION(MS-7968) Builds (Compare 510 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

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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	352x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	47x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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