MSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 66.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.9% 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	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

4 months ago, 4 months ago, 4 months 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 (45^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-$298 379,186 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	66.9% 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: 69% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$415 677,712 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 339 Reflection 310 Parallax 321 89% 323 fps	MRender 207 Gravity 310 Splatting 239 84% 252 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$105 6,798 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0919A SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 225 301 265 270 228 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st 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: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 111%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$34 1,384,466 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 609GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 149 149 144 150 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^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: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 108%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 3.0 32GB 1,693 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-$80 164,531 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (68^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: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 110%

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Typical Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16) Builds (Compare 825 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 74%

Battleship

Desktop 81%

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Workstation 57%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $298Bench 81%, 379,186 samples	438x
Core i5-6600KIntel $200Bench 76%, 216,850 samples	139x
Core i7-7700KIntel $345Bench 86%, 359,342 samples	124x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 677,712 samples	183x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 103%, 554,017 samples	169x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 130%, 395,296 samples	94x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $107Bench 111%, 442,547 samples	55x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $350Bench 224%, 37,528 samples	42x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $60Bench 105%, 507,744 samples	42x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 76%, 52,832 samples	42x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $80Bench 87%, 164,531 samples	34x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 84%, 285,104 samples	29x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $870

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $260	Crucial MX500 250GB $44
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 2060 $324	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $360	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $55

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $80	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24