MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.4% 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	211% 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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170508
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 21:13
Run Duration	389 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 736 72% 592 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 104 91% 110 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 101 Splatting 88.4 77% 94.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$265 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 404GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9956 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 86 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 46 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26004274499
Poor: 78% Great: 135%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,696 Write 893 Mixed 1,168 276% 1,253 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 57.2 224% 84.6 MB/s	DQ Read 561 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 221 227% 376 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 283%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$139 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 9.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 68 64 6917291 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 95801 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 27247272525824 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 68 538574880 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 111669149728 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 12 12 6917291 (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 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -1808181231616 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3462156 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3455135
Poor: 47% Great: 111%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2014)-$220 1,278 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 19972394 (03) Spinup time 90 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9984 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30844814 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17750 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 195 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 42950328331 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 572063778 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2347 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29917 (C2) HDA temperature 34 51 68719476770 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 42 19972394 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -113116553669269 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29941665943 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11805845393	77.2% Very good	Read 155 Write 114 Mixed 113 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.35 102% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$139 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 170910343 (03) Spinup time 87 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3821 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 423563162 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 21620865376066 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 50 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 68 49 538574880 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2268 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 858366 (C2) HDA temperature 32 51 81604378656 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 1 170910343 (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 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -68032281966719 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30618725020 (F2) Unknown 100 253 109264914125	104% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 169 Mixed 132 122% 164 MB/s	4K Read 4.04 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.32 266% 2.58 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$139 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 64 31069110 (03) Spinup time 92 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 96 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 78981145 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 83846351557113 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 82 82 18 (BE) vendor-specific 68 58 538574880 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2363 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5188 (C2) HDA temperature 32 42 85899345952 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 9 1 31069110 (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 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -39414914874933 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16295028726 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1159605158
Poor: 47% Great: 111%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2014)-$220 1,278 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 6365280 (03) Spinup time 92 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9947 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 99404407 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 22809 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 267 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 555286561 (BF) G-sense error rate 98 98 5023 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 75759 (C2) HDA temperature 33 50 68719476769 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 66 47 6365280 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 16239271357442 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31022752397 (F2) Unknown 100 253 189025920584	39.2% Below average	Read 61.4 Write 75.2 Mixed 66 51% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.34 78% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 118%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$280 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 950GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 100 4466 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 196 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13599 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 131 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 109 (C2) HDA temperature 118 95 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0	111% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 216 Mixed 174 140% 187 MB/s	4K Read 4.18 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 0.32 260% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 118%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 779GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 167 167 826 (03) Spinup time 164 142 10766 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3964 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 33 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 64 26187 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 455 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 343 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3619 (C2) HDA temperature 116 94 36 (C4) Reallocation count 171 171 29 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	16.5% Very poor	Read 35.3 Write 21.8 Mixed 36.4 24% 31.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.13 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.14 43% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 93%
NORELSYS 106X 8TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4TB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 114 Write 144 Mixed 107 160% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.49 4K Write 10 4K Mixed 0.6 366% 4.03 MB/s	DQ Read 1.49 DQ Write 11.2 DQ Mixed 0.49 405% 4.41 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 79%
asmedia ASMT1153e 960GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 177GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	302% Outstanding	Read 295 Write 318 Mixed 234 361% 282 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 60 4K Mixed 15.1 2,638% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 26.8 DQ Write 70.6 DQ Mixed 14.8 3,007% 37.4 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 331%
SanDisk CFast SDDR-299 128GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 82GB free, PID c7cf Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	156% Outstanding	Read 381 Write 242 Mixed 263 355% 295 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 14.5 4K Mixed 6.8 781% 12.3 MB/s	DQ Read 16.6 DQ Write 13.7 DQ Mixed 7.06 768% 12.5 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 360%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 28 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 27.1 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 114%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION - $175

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	355x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	47x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	42x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	99x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	58x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	41x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	27x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	15x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 83%, 15,511 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	14x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	12x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $1,175

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16