MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.1% 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	244% 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.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160517
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '17 at 04:51
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 (99^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 734 76% 612 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.1% Very good	Lighting 98.9 Reflection 101 Parallax 89.6 81% 96.6 fps	MRender 86.8 Gravity 90.3 Splatting 73.1 67% 83.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Pro 6000p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$108 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 477GB free Firmware: PSF121P Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 1,555 Write 537 Mixed 781 209% 957 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 48.9 176% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 404 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 165 169% 277 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 140%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 438GB free Firmware: X212T0RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 14981 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 255 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 118 (A8) Unknown 100 100 47 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1848 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 111 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 49 210454118434 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 23 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7661 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6362 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12782 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	103% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 488 Mixed 479 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 29.3 132% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 61.4 115% 229 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 184GB free Firmware: MU04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^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 17153 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 211 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 47 (AE) Unknown 100 100 102 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2580 (B7) Unknown 100 100 110 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 206159282212 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6886869931 (F7) Unknown 100 100 215661522 (F8) Unknown 100 100 281661169	75.5% Very good	Read 379 Write 329 Mixed 323 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 24.1 106% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 65.6 82% 149 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 113%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,680 Write 1,091 Mixed 1,709 402% 1,827 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 45.8 178% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 412 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 163 176% 296 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 332%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 346GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 168297520 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 237 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 36632886 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14259 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 155 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 70 62 505020446 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38349 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 47244640286 (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 -62878321204072 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6419368518 (F2) Unknown 100 253 188320588650	94.1% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 159 Mixed 144 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.22 77% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 112%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 58GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 242 Write 188 Mixed 187 254% 206 MB/s	4K Read 10.9 4K Write 9.6 4K Mixed 3.43 484% 7.99 MB/s	DQ Read 11.9 DQ Write 9.5 DQ Mixed 3.65 492% 8.37 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 1,779 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 26.1 80% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 26.3 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 121%

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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	351x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	46x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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 $499Bench 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 $40Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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