MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.6% 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	104% 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.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '17 at 22:12
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 708 73% 590 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3235) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 99.7 88% 107 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 88.4 76% 92.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ SOLID3 480GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6274 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2105 (A5) Unknown 100 100 274934334102 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 14 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 57 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 52 223339610151 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3362977481487 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2558 (EA) Unknown 100 100 13650 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10500 (F2) Unknown 253 253 20659 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	104% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 445 Mixed 404 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 26 145% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 72.5 123% 241 MB/s
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%
OCZ SOLID3 480GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 121GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 10798949 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -3083786506440 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4476 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 174 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10798949 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10798949 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10798949 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11766 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10903 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10903 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16202	38% Below average	Read 242 Write 183 Mixed 167 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 11.5 4K Mixed 8.43 46% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 43.7 DQ Mixed 26.5 34% 62.6 MB/s
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 107%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 4241 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6069 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3913 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2090 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19313 (C2) HDA temperature 118 104 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81.5% Excellent	Read 137 Write 146 Mixed 142 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.28 110% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 84%
Hitachi HDS5C3020BLE630 2TB 4,090 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 927GB free Firmware: MZ4OAAB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 93 (03) Spinup time 127 127 21492859155 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 15621 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 15148 (C0) Power-off retract count 84 84 19781 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 19781 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 197569609761 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 199	63.6% Good	Read 107 Write 114 Mixed 115 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.15 66% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 533GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 58051240 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3328 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33632312 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7336 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2463 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 52 689111074 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 32512 (C2) HDA temperature 34 48 73014444066 (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 73748883441941 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19412788563 (F2) Unknown 100 253 349161918387	78% Very good	Read 141 Write 131 Mixed 135 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.16 71% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.4 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.2 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 95%

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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	351x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	46x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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 $109Bench 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	13x
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 $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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