MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86% 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	107% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160512
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '16 at 18:17
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 212 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 608 61% 494 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.4% 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 Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 111 Parallax 93.2 90% 105 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 97.1 Splatting 97 79% 96.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 765GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 676 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 182 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3801127 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 46 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1025 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 63 270584119325 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 47244640267 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 412 (EA) Unknown 100 100 819 (F1) Unknown 253 253 706 (F2) Unknown 253 253 844 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	54.9% Above average	Read 326 Write 212 Mixed 165 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 57.4 4K Mixed 10.4 66% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 19.5 68% 152 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 107%
Intel SSDSCKKW480H6 480GB 1,815 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 402GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSF031C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 151 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 111 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 42 49 55837786154 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 22413 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 22413 (F2) Unknown 100 100 27579 (F9) Unknown 100 100 190 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0	107% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 476 Mixed 451 107% 480 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 35.6 147% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 23.6 90% 198 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 67769816 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1381 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 39892684 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6209 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1373 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 67 538247199 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 64 64 72680 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 64424509471 (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 -86294482906272 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9263880143 (F2) Unknown 100 253 214037692556	75.6% Very good	Read 130 Write 134 Mixed 129 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.14 45% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x4GB 969 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	69.1% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 21.9 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 19.5 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 90%

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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