MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 103% UFO


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 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 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.4% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7980
Motherboard	MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	Цвета: 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180625
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '19 at 20:35
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	13%

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 i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 575 8-Core 562 76% 569 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 197 Parallax 195 151% 193 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 184 Splatting 127 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 103 103 100 88 100 MB/s Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	62.4% Good	Read 256 Write 129 Mixed 199 SusWrite 96 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 24.4 139% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 113 88% 120 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 75%
Geil ZENITH R3_480GB 480GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 177GB free Firmware: GAJ1501 SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 201 107 92 90 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 428 Mixed 352 SusWrite 160 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 48.8 174% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 249 207% 297 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 34.2 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 27.2 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Motherboard: MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	176x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	134x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	76x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	49x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
Ultra II 960GBSanDisk $226Bench 85%, 35,454 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x
DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 2,314 samples	24x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $439

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16