MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	161% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (46%). 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	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170508
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '17 at 19:09
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 85.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 224 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 566 65% 506 Pts	64-Core 734 45% 734 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	52.2% Above average	Lighting 64.4 Reflection 60.3 Parallax 71.8 52% 65.5 fps	MRender 61.4 Gravity 53.3 Splatting 71.2 52% 62 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 178GB free Firmware: 01H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 2,033 Write 976 Mixed 1,346 320% 1,452 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 232 4K Mixed 43.9 244% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 670 DQ Write 622 DQ Mixed 250 296% 514 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 230%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110 2,093 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6296 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 865 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 91 91 261 (AE) Unknown 99 99 77 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 435 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 46 23 54 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 33520 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11047 (F2) Unknown 99 99 6334	161% Outstanding	Read 1,727 Write 538 Mixed 908 231% 1,058 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 27.5 179% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 46.6 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 187 132% 161 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 188%
Verbatim STORE N GO 8GB 182 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 3623 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	7.2% Terrible	Read 24 Write 7.61 Mixed 10.5 15% 14 MB/s	4K Read 8.03 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.03 33% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.2% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB-$210 3,970 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.6% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 21.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 21.5 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

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 $132	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) $34	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