MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.1% 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	182% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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-7A58
Motherboard	MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58) (all builds)
Memory	49.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180630
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '19 at 00:46
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 267 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 719 72% 588 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 418.91 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.1% Outstanding	Lighting 99.2 Reflection 186 Parallax 186 81% 157 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 176 Splatting 117 111% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 323 309 315 332 316 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 1,737 Write 1,152 Mixed 670 SusWrite 339 215% 974 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 50.4 190% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,187 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 467 416% 653 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 283%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 1TB-$87 9,497 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 558GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 337 361 355 377 364 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 353 Write 367 Mixed 309 SusWrite 357 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 46.1 159% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 235 181% 248 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 120%
Lexar LRWM04U 128GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 115GB free, PID b053 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 194 206 202 219 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 228 Write 190 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 205 221% 171 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.8 195% 6.07 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 96%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 136GB 294 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 126GB free, PID 00ad Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.2 22 19 18 19 18 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 37.2 Write 31.5 Mixed 33.7 SusWrite 16.2 39% 29.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.4 90% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 38%
Lexar SD WorkflowUR2 64GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 60GB free, PID ba0f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 79 82 80 73 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 187 Write 58.2 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 77.9 102% 91 MB/s	4K Read 9.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.3 107% 3.9 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 49%
Lexar SD WorkflowUR2 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 0GB free, PID ba0f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.4 9.5 10 9.6 10 8.7 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	10.4% Very poor	Read 48 Write 4.2 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 9.4 16% 17.1 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 2 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 31%
Lexar SD WorkflowUR2 128GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 119GB free, PID ba0f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 51 54 53 55 53 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	35.9% Below average	Read 91.7 Write 77.5 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 53.7 100% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 8.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 4.2 273% 5.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB 2,982 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 31.3 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 38.7 SC Mixed 30.6 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 129%

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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%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

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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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	20x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	6x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $853

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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