MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	224% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A58
Motherboard	MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58) (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180129
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '18 at 13:26
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 764 77% 624 Pts	64-Core 735 46% 735 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB; MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Gaming 8GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 144 Parallax 124 117% 137 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 135 Splatting 106 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 288GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 731 528 528 525 519 517 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1889 Write 1,663 Mixed 619 SusWrite 558 262% 1,182 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 63.5 218% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 1,198 DQ Write 907 DQ Mixed 942 734% 1,016 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 750GB-$310 3,724 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 387GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,049 Write 7,502 Mixed 7,598 1,723% 7,716 MB/s	4K Read 637 4K Write 316 4K Mixed 378 1,617% 444 MB/s	DQ Read 1,482 DQ Write 1,044 DQ Mixed 1,103 867% 1,210 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 125%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$194 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 164 164 165 165 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 169 Mixed 110 SusWrite 164 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 98%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$194 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 147 148 149 149 148 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 136 Write 137 Mixed 91 SusWrite 148 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.9 196% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 98%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$194 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 164 164 165 165 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 155 Mixed 90 SusWrite 164 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 98%
Corsair Voyager GS 126GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 116GB free, PID 1a0d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 194 194 196 152 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 263 Write 150 Mixed 82.7 SusWrite 184 211% 170 MB/s	4K Read 9.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 2.7 150% 4.2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 85%
Generic Flash Disk 2GB 6,669 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.2 4.1 4.2 3.5 3.8 4 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	4.21% Terrible	Read 15.5 Write 1.7 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 3.8 6% 6.32 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.21% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 2x16GB 6,222 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.1% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 23.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 102%

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Typical Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58) Builds (Compare 294 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 90%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	210x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	26x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	50x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	20x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	13x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	11x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	6x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $852

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