MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 29% Raft


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 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	24.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	265% 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	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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '18 at 07:34
Run Duration	503 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 142 2-Core 284 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 565 8-Core 567 76% 566 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD FirePro W7000 1,338 User benchmarks, average bench 22% AMD(1002 030C) ≥ 4GB Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	24.9% Poor	Lighting 30.2 Reflection 30.6 Parallax 44.9 25% 35.2 fps	MRender 27 Gravity 28.4 Splatting 35.4 25% 30.3 fps
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,785 Write 1,295 Mixed 1,825 434% 1,968 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 31.8 186% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 482 DQ Write 413 DQ Mixed 31.7 137% 309 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 237%
Drevo X1 SSD 240GB 2,789 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 114GB free Firmware: P0510D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1766 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1587 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 63 (A3) Unknown 100 100 44 (A4) Unknown 100 100 3391 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6197 (F2) Unknown 100 100 91440 (F5) Unknown 100 100 13564	83.9% Excellent	Read 519 Write 345 Mixed 436 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 24.4 131% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 31.4 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 81 60% 75.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 320GB free Firmware: 3.AFK Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 85 109480130 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14421 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 23 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 302145939 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17517 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1513 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 39 9312403499 (C2) HDA temperature 43 61 60129542187 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 70 48 115006172 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	30.3% Below average	Read 54 Write 51.4 Mixed 50.9 39% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.3 80% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 43%
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 212GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 73 48602563 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 16264 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 425619543 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11629 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 89 89 11752 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 45 621740069 (C2) HDA temperature 37 55 55834574885 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 85 52 154669873 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 176 30937 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	49.5% Average	Read 85.5 Write 86.9 Mixed 55.5 56% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.41 98% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 53%
WD My Book 1130 2TB 1,666 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1.5TB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 87.3 Write 107 Mixed 105 133% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.16 56% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 48%
Ut163 USB2FlashStorage 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 12GB free, PID 0163 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	6.59% Terrible	Read 26.9 Write 4.29 Mixed 0.96 9% 10.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.11 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.02 28% 2.39 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.59% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3060 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 33.4 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 42.2 SC Mixed 31 86% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 103%

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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 $150Bench 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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Total price: $1,175

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16