MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.1% 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	63.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 18:41
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 582 78% 580 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 122 Parallax 113 93% 116 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 103 Splatting 106 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SBBU240G1122 240GB 2,683 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 28GB free Firmware: Z3106000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3390 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 412 (A5) Unknown 100 100 592721674458 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 30 300647710760 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 309242298440 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1198 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2047 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1393 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12744 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	75.1% Very good	Read 514 Write 359 Mixed 209 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 5.81 86% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 0.91 56% 131 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 66%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 783 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7899 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 758 (64) Unknown 100 100 6334944 (65) Unknown 100 100 1568432 (AA) Unknown 100 100 5 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 81 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 88 88 3881 (B2) Unknown 100 100 4 (B4) Unknown 100 100 554 (B7) Unknown 93 93 75 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 780 (C2) HDA temperature 32 100 249109413920 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 783 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 3 (E7) Temperature 88 88 12 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11697 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5271 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8985 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8458 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 2694	63.5% Good	Read 468 Write 170 Mixed 219 62% 286 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 11.3 89% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 27.8 67% 145 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 82%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 532GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 84 (03) Spinup time 122 122 42983096828 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1562 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 29912 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1283 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2694 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2694 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 279173988386 (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	66.9% Good	Read 114 Write 119 Mixed 93.8 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.36 95% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 391 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 34.6 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 46.3 SC Mixed 32.2 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

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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	353x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	47x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	42x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	98x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	57x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	41x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	26x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 83%, 15,511 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16