MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION

Performance Results


Gaming 141% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	152% 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	332% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7968
Motherboard	MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION (all builds)
Memory	60.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '20 at 03:34
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 765 78% 629 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37C4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	152% Outstanding	Lighting 205 Reflection 233 Parallax 236 167% 225 fps	MRender 254 Gravity 211 Splatting 143 159% 203 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 174%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7968) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.93% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.66 7% 9.53 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.5 10% 12.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.93% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1102 861 864 866 863 861 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	332% Outstanding	Read 2,700 Write 2,485 Mixed 1,925 SusWrite 903 448% 2,003 MB/s	4K Read 73.9 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 102 343% 122 MB/s	DQ Read 1,484 DQ Write 1,303 DQ Mixed 1,342 1,020% 1,376 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 332% Great: 355%
Mass Storage Device 256GB 163 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 217GB free, PID 1212 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 8.6 6.7 9.3 8.3 11 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Read 17.2 Write 6.5 Mixed 16 SusWrite 9.2 16% 12.2 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.3 154% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2800 C15 4x16GB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 26.1 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 26.3 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 119%

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

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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	352x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	47x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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