MSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	112% 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	107% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A16
Motherboard	MSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '18 at 05:05
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	67% Good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 243 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 513 44% 376 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 154 Parallax 133 122% 146 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 145 Splatting 113 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP S700 Pro 128GB-$40 642 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0308A_H SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 409 428 432 431 433 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 416 Mixed 393 SusWrite 410 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 47.3 167% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 87.3 108% 183 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 788GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 173 173 173 174 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 166 Mixed 106 SusWrite 172 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 25,824 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	67.3% Good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 19.9 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 16.4 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 88%

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Typical Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16) Builds (Compare 254 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	133x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	36x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	53x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	31x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	23x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $115Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	7x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $613

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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