MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58)

Performance Results


Gaming 134% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	154% 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	149% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A58
Motherboard	MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58) (all builds)
Memory	23.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '19 at 01:43
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 220 86% 147 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 512 60% 466 Pts	64-Core 679 42% 679 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.5% Above average	Lighting 63.8 Reflection 74.6 Parallax 64.2 52% 67.5 fps	MRender 74.7 Gravity 62.8 Splatting 60.7 53% 66.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 54%
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3713) ≥ 4GB; RTX 2080 Ti Sea Hawk X CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3570 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	154% Outstanding	Lighting 208 Reflection 230 Parallax 254 170% 231 fps	MRender 259 Gravity 226 Splatting 139 163% 208 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 EVO 500GB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 198 187 181 174 168 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 1,368 Write 226 Mixed 247 SusWrite 187 109% 507 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 39 187% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 964 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 372 335% 528 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 242%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 365GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1388 1127 611 609 608 608 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,063 Write 1,708 Mixed 710 SusWrite 825 295% 1,327 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 63.8 228% 86.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,107 DQ Write 1,037 DQ Mixed 948 745% 1,031 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 254%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 351GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1757 1525 1533 1487 1417 1366 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	351% Outstanding	Read 2,558 Write 2,312 Mixed 1,876 SusWrite 1,514 463% 2,065 MB/s	4K Read 65.7 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 95 312% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,447 DQ Write 1,190 DQ Mixed 1,292 975% 1,310 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 351% Great: 410%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 437GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 128 129 130 129 129 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 153 Write 101 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 129 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 2.6 436% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 70GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 105 125 147 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 167 Write 112 Mixed 76 SusWrite 121 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 30.8 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 26.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 120%

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Gaming 105%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58)

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	210x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	26x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	50x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	20x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	14x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	13x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	11x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	6x

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Total price: $848

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 $45	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