MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.8% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	7.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 14:52
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 709 74% 596 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.2% 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: 388.71 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.8% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 110 Parallax 99.7 85% 105 fps	MRender 92 Gravity 95.4 Splatting 88.4 75% 91.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ SOLID3 480GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 235GB 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 7017 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2466 (A5) Unknown 100 100 378033406877 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 16 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 58 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 52 223339544610 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4569864602664 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3237 (EA) Unknown 100 100 19232 (F1) Unknown 253 253 15194 (F2) Unknown 253 253 24232 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	107% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 447 Mixed 474 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 30.7 152% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 74.9 127% 248 MB/s
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%
OCZ SOLID3 480GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 167GB 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 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 101679055778336 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4837 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 181 (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 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11949 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11080 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11080 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16466	38.1% Below average	Read 240 Write 175 Mixed 123 40% 179 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 11.2 4K Mixed 10.2 49% 13.6 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 45.8 DQ Mixed 26.8 33% 60.2 MB/s
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 38.1% 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 above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 4258 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7130 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4657 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2451 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22802 (C2) HDA temperature 120 104 27 (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	76.3% Very good	Read 119 Write 147 Mixed 137 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.28 116% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 887GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 47228216 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3689 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 36814798 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8078 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2824 (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 70 52 504561694 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38628 (C2) HDA temperature 30 48 68719476766 (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 115216792685026 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22780264294 (F2) Unknown 100 253 373251931447	82.9% Excellent	Read 130 Write 159 Mixed 127 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.22 69% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 114%
Hitachi HDS5C3020BLE630 2TB 4,090 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 822GB 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 21492859153 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 16535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 136 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3677 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 15509 (C0) Power-off retract count 83 83 20695 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 20695 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 197569609757 (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	64% Good	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 118 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.19 60% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 84%

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 (54^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.7 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 24.4 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 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 $242Bench 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 $160Bench 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