MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.5% 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	173% 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

21 months ago, 15 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	19.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171206
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '22 at 19:48
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 as expected (49^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 222 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 583 62% 492 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.5% Very good	Lighting 98.3 Reflection 110 Parallax 98.2 80% 102 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 98 Splatting 95.9 78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
NE-128 128GB 3,172 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: SN07202 SusWrite @10s intervals: 617 626 600 179 109 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1,284 Write 655 Mixed 780 SusWrite 370 171% 772 MB/s	4K Read 55.6 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 70.7 260% 95.9 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 593 DQ Mixed 319 272% 385 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 173%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 52GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 83 84 72 60 107 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.5% Below average	Read 223 Write 107 Mixed 102 SusWrite 90.4 29% 130 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 22.7 4K Mixed 12.1 54% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 17.9 DQ Write 19.4 DQ Mixed 17.7 14% 18.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 100%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 58GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 154 134 48 127 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 320 Write 114 Mixed 190 SusWrite 120 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 22 92% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 51.4 DQ Write 56.9 DQ Mixed 49.8 39% 52.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 100%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 143 146 145 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 140 Write 109 Mixed 87.2 SusWrite 146 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 175% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 029E CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 029E CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	65.4% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 20.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 20.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 65%

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Typical Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION(MS-7968) Builds (Compare 511 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

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 $178	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