MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.3% 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	90.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '21 at 12:05
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 232 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 711 66% 553 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 124 Parallax 108 88% 113 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 107 Splatting 97.1 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 901GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 228 229 234 239 237 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 343 Write 354 Mixed 331 SusWrite 232 71% 315 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 51.2 167% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 252 183% 236 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 133%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 5.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 222 222 222 222 222 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 244 Mixed 125 SusWrite 223 144% 197 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.1 462% 3.73 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 169 172 171 170 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 127 Write 86.4 Mixed 76 SusWrite 170 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 88%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 64GB 3,373 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 57GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 58 30 24 24 24 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 120 Write 40.8 Mixed 36.1 SusWrite 34.3 64% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.4 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 3.1 242% 4.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 11.9 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 15.5 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 35: 4R 3G 6B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
35%	17%	76	349	289	60	31.5"	1280 720	MEIA296 Panasonic-TV

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Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

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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Value: 40% - Average

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