MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.3% 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	341% 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.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170110
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '17 at 22:42
Run Duration	379 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 794 85% 676 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6178) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 121 Parallax 102 88% 110 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 100 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 17,176 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 836GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	341% Outstanding	Read 2,793 Write 2,655 Mixed 2,682 606% 2,710 MB/s	4K Read 52.3 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 35.8 212% 84 MB/s	DQ Read 52.1 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 233 145% 157 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 341% Great: 372%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 381GB free Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 2717 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1252 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 140 (A3) Unknown 100 100 59 (A4) Unknown 100 100 62708 (A5) Unknown 100 100 73 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 275 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1846 (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 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 520894 (F2) Unknown 100 100 919187 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1003328	82.7% Excellent	Read 381 Write 395 Mixed 383 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 81.3 4K Mixed 25.4 115% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 19.8 64% 140 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 105%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 126GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896829618 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3308 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4259 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 563 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3736 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3736 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 180389937186 (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 200 200 0	74% Very good	Read 134 Write 124 Mixed 126 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.2 86% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 107%
Generic- SD/MMC/MS/MSPRO 4GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 2GB free, PID 0307 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	3.57% Terrible	Read 13.1 Write 3.96 Mixed 5.76 8% 7.61 MB/s	4K Read 3.35 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.003 13% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.57% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 4x8GB 1,060 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 29 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 27.8 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 28.4 78% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 109%

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Desktop 90%

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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	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