MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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	248% 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 (15%). 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	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171206
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '18 at 15:49
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 255 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 703 73% 590 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 199 Parallax 174 135% 179 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 169 Splatting 122 109% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% 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% 404GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 2,298 Write 1,405 Mixed 1,274 366% 1,659 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 34.9 183% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 412 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 174 184% 306 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 100 10832128 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 47 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 6004 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 47 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 64 454688795 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 146 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 90194313243 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -46450071306231 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9976240 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8841824	95.4% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 144 Mixed 129 115% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.12 64% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 114%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 927GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 127338719 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4266 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23999088 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8571 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1062 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 79 34360262717 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 58 454688795 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 51539607579 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 30 127338719 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 194 1575 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -131000797489702 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1506107851 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3652395181	59.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 103 Mixed 96.3 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.33 78% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLE8G4D30AEEA.K16FE 859B BLT8G4D30AETA.K16FE 859B BLE8G4D30AEEA.K16FE 859B BLT8G4D30AETA.K16FE 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74.6% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.5 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 24.9 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 91%

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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 $400Bench 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 $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	14x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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