MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	116% 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	178% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A58
Motherboard	MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58) (all builds)
Memory	22.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171120
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '22 at 16:05
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 below expectations (14^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 103 2-Core 204 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 609 61% 495 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3605) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 223 Parallax 148 121% 173 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 182 Splatting 125 119% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 609 284 268 188 206 203 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 2,166 Write 1,411 Mixed 555 SusWrite 293 243% 1,106 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 49.8 4K Mixed 46.9 151% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,159 DQ Write 51.2 DQ Mixed 109 204% 440 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 254%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 641GB free Firmware: 2BE10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 35 38 34 41 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 18.7 Write 24.8 Mixed 18.2 SusWrite 34.9 18% 24.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.1 37% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 70%
Samsung HM641JI 640GB-$50 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 27GB free Firmware: 2AJ10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 48 46 56 54 45 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 66.9 Write 27.4 Mixed 39.4 SusWrite 49.8 34% 45.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 108% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 50%
Multi Flash Reader 64GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 54GB free, PID 6331 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 18.2 Write 18.5 Mixed 17.6 SusWrite 18.5 25% 18.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.8 120% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 17%
CENTON 64GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 24GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 15 16 16 16 13 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	7.48% Terrible	Read 20.1 Write 14.4 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 14.9 17% 13.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.48% Great: 7%
WD easystore 25FB 10TB 3,369 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 9.5TB free, PID 25fb SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 181 204 198 185 196 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 178 Write 186 Mixed 114 SusWrite 193 228% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB 4,608 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	72.6% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.9 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 21.7 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 110%

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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 $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 $45Bench 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: $854

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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