MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	174% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	14.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160330
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '16 at 06:19
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$66 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 95.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 187 80% 133 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 334 44% 330 Pts	64-Core 325 20% 325 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% PwrHis(1787 201C) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.300.2511.1001 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31.4% Below average	Lighting 40.9 Reflection 29.6 Parallax 50.8 33% 40.4 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 35.6 Splatting 36 28% 33.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$60 1,772 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,578 Write 663 Mixed 948 234% 1,063 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 23.3 181% 78.1 MB/s	DQ Read 548 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 22.2 119% 278 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 213%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 123231112 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1704 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21834029 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2692 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1385 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 52 22145925160 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 464 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17253 (C2) HDA temperature 40 48 -140737488355288 (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 -134784663680846 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10943755652 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12806268443	96.8% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 165 Mixed 156 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.32 99% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$7 9,864 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 27GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 149 Write 110 Mixed 122 157% 127 MB/s	4K Read 7.08 4K Write 2.97 4K Mixed 1.62 182% 3.89 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 19,779 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 31.6 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 26.7 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 96%

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Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) - $174

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	363x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	74x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	36x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $778

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16