MSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.8% 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	126% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A16
Motherboard	MSI Z170A MPOWER GAMING TITANIUM(MS-7A16) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '18 at 16:38
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing way above expectations (94^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 142 2-Core 285 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 549 72% 539 Pts	64-Core 545 34% 545 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3307) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2150 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 120 Parallax 104 91% 112 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 103 Splatting 106 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 356 241 125 79 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 884 Write 551 Mixed 567 SusWrite 188 122% 548 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 53.4 200% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 531 DQ Mixed 321 268% 377 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 157%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 196GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 459 467 485 485 346 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 482 Mixed 447 SusWrite 446 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 63.1 214% 78.1 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 347 259% 342 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 42.8 MC Mixed 35.2 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 45.1 SC Mixed 31.4 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	133x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	36x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	53x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	31x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	23x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $115Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	7x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $613

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