MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	57.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '16 at 23:36
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 284 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 560 72% 543 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5354 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Lighting 73 Reflection 72.3 Parallax 63.2 60% 69.5 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 66 Splatting 57.5 53% 65.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 173 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 58	76.7% Very good	Read 497 Write 323 Mixed 344 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 64.5 4K Mixed 10.2 88% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 45.3 95% 196 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 91%
Seagate NAS HDD 3TB-$119 3,343 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 81079272 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9521 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12558130 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7781 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 73 (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 66 52 572653602 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9535 (C2) HDA temperature 34 48 38654705698 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	91.9% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 154 Mixed 146 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.19 80% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 99%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 465GB free, PID 107c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 120 Write 120 Mixed 88.7 138% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.23 87% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 25.7 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 24.1 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 90%

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) - $127

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,433x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	628x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	530x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $577

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 $40	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