MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160512
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '16 at 00:22
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 (89^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 138 2-Core 268 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 711 71% 579 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 115 Parallax 96 93% 108 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 99.2 80% 98.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 44348431 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -71210557764430 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 464 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 220 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 47 68722556955 (C2) HDA temperature 27 47 68722556955 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 44348431 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 44348431 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 44348431 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2950 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1928 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1928 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1829	53.6% Above average	Read 435 Write 111 Mixed 158 51% 235 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 10.5 90% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 77.7 DQ Write 97.8 DQ Mixed 27.6 38% 67.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 73%
WD WD20EVDS-63T3B0 2TB 919 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 148 8516 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 671 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12295 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 669 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 852921 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 66 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 199 198 317	59.9% Above average	Read 98.9 Write 110 Mixed 88.2 74% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.46 116% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 58%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 800 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 815GB free, PID a20c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 106 Write 102 Mixed 73 117% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.22 66% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB 4,019 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22.5 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 23.9 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 113%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,755 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,430x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	627x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	529x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	308x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $592

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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