MSI X99A XPower Gaming Titanium Motherboard Review

1. Introduction2. MSI X99A XPower Gaming Titanium: Packaging and Bundle3. MSI X99A XPower Gaming Titanium: Layout and Examination4. MSI X99A XPower Gaming Titanium: UEFI5. MSI X99A XPower Gaming Titanium: Software6. Testing Methodology7. Tests: CPU-related8. Tests: Memory-related9. Tests: GPU-related10. Tests: Motherboard-related11. Overclocking12. Conclusion13. View All Pages

X99 Motherboard Test System:

• Processor: Intel Core i7-6800K (3.6GHz all-core turbo).
• Memory: 16GB (4x4GB) Corsair Special Edition Dominator Platinum, 16-18-18-36 DDR4 @ 1.35V.
• Graphics Card: Nvidia GTX 980 Ti.
• System Drive: Mushkin Chronos 120GB.
• M.2/NVMe Storage Test Drive: Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe M.2 256GB
• SATA Storage Test Drive: OCZ Trion 150 480GB.
• USB 3.0 Storage Test Drive: OCZ Trion 150 480GB(with a USB 3.0 to SATA adapter for USB 3.0 testing).
• CPU Cooler: Antec Kuhler H20 1200
• Power Supply: Seasonic Platinum 760W.
• Test Bench: Lian Li PC-T60B.
• Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit.

Comparison X99 Motherboards:

• MSI X99A Tomahawk
• ASRock X99 Taichi
• MSI X99A XPower Gaming Titanium

Software:

• MSI X99A XPower Gaming Titanium UEFI v1.4 (E7A2IMS.141, 23/09/2016)
• Nvidia GeForce 364.72 WHQL Driver

Tests:

• Cinebench R15 – all core CPU test and CPU power consumption figures.
• Handbrake – converting a short 720p movie file into a smartphone suitable format using the Android preset.
• SiSoft Sandra – processor arithmetic and memory bandwidth test sequences.
• AIDA 64 Engineer – memory and cache test.
• 3DMark – Firestrike (1080p) test.
• Ashes of the Singularity – built-in benchmark tool @ 1080p using the Crazy preset.
• Unigine Valley – built-in benchmark using the Extreme HD preset.
• Rightmark Audio Analyser – record and playback test using a line-in to line-out loopback on a high quality gold-plated 3.5mm cable.
• ATTO – default disk benchmark for SATA, M.2/NVMe and USB testing

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