MSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 86%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics111% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7A58
MotherboardMSI Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58)  (all builds)
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170207
Uptime2 Days
Run DateJan 13 '19 at 06:15
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
87.4% Excellent
Memory 92.9
1-Core 140
2-Core 266
93% 166 Pts
4-Core 440
8-Core 749
72% 594 Pts
64-Core 754
47% 754 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87.4%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Lighting 148
Reflection 152
Parallax 143
121% 148 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 140
Splatting 111
99% 122 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 111%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Microsoft Storage Space Device 127GB
118GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 412 421 425 427 426 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 514
Write 413
Mixed 382
SusWrite 421
97% 433 MB/s
4K Read 33
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 46.8
168% 63.1 MB/s
DQ Read 128
DQ Write 333
DQ Mixed 87.3
108% 183 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 108%
Great: 104%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 167 182 159 164 185 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
90.1% Outstanding
Read 142
Write 165
Mixed 28.3
SusWrite 171
91% 127 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 2
362% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 90.1%
Great: 110%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (26th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.5% Very good
MC Read 27.2
MC Write 26.8
MC Mixed 20.6
71% 24.9 GB/s
SC Read 17.3
SC Write 26.7
SC Mixed 23.2
64% 22.4 GB/s
Latency 62.2
64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 71.5%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z270 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A58) Builds (Compare 294 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 105%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Aircraft carrier

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $878
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