MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.9% 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	111% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160517
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '20 at 10:31
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 272 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 751 79% 635 Pts	64-Core 756 47% 756 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1595 MHz, MLim: 1822 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 114 90% 113 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 101 Splatting 89.3 77% 95.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 84 95 99 93 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 484 Mixed 380 SusWrite 130 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 62.8 214% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 50GB free Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 296 239 216 167 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 297 Mixed 295 SusWrite 229 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 44.2 165% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 189 168% 252 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 96%
Transcend TS1TSSD370S 1TB 494 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 437GB free Firmware: N1114H SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 434 433 436 435 435 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 432 Mixed 315 SusWrite 434 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 45.1 164% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 198 172% 255 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 816GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 129 128 129 129 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 107 Write 48.5 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 128 66% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.3 228% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 75%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 120 123 123 123 123 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 126 Write 117 Mixed 71.7 SusWrite 122 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 186% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	MC Read 29 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 28.4 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 29 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 57.6 70% 57.6 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 118%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	353x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	47x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $90Bench 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	14x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	12x

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Value: 40% - Average

Total price: $1,380

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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