MSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.1%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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	79.5% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago.

System	MSI MS-7A16
Motherboard	MSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170422
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '19 at 01:22
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i7-6700K-$269 312,153 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	64.1% Good	1-Core 104 2-Core 196 71% 150 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 682 64% 519 Pts	64-Core 688 46% 688 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$400 615,798 User benchmarks, average bench 97% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 339 Reflection 310 Parallax 321 103% 323 fps	MRender 207 Gravity 310 Splatting 239 108% 252 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$86 6,170 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0919A SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 225 301 265 270 228 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 361 Write 347 Mixed 275 SusWrite 266 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 70 4K Mixed 33.3 118% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 188 166% 247 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 111%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$40 1,163,941 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 609GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 149 149 144 150 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 160 Mixed 99.8 SusWrite 148 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 108%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 3.0 32GB 1,213 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 24GB free, PID 5597 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 9.4 9.4 9.8 8.9 8.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	8.36% Terrible	Read 36.3 Write 17.5 Mixed 14.3 SusWrite 8.7 22% 19.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 1.8 79% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 8.36% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$80 104,149 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 28.1 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 28.6 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $269Bench 76%, 312,153 samples	375x
Core i5-6600KIntel $210Bench 69%, 208,241 samples	129x
Core i7-7700KIntel $319Bench 83%, 301,145 samples	122x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $400Bench 97%, 615,798 samples	163x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 124%, 540,220 samples	149x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $750Bench 154%, 381,219 samples	80x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $103Bench 113%, 390,898 samples	48x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $350Bench 225%, 36,656 samples	42x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $86Bench 107%, 469,025 samples	39x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $72Bench 77%, 40,245 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $80Bench 89%, 104,149 samples	33x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $75Bench 85%, 206,122 samples	28x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $844

CPU	GPU	SSD
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 $198	Nvidia GTX 1070 $400	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $86
Intel Core i5-9400F $143	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $270	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $103
Intel Core i5-9600K $230	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $750	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $195

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $75	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $695	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24