MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.6% 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	85% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151214
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '17 at 16:43
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 244 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 440 49% 386 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 114 Parallax 113 89% 112 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 89 77% 94.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9853 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 618 (A5) Unknown 100 100 287850890384 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 49 (A8) Unknown 100 100 31 (A9) Unknown 100 100 618 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 197 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 65 279173922850 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3440290235169 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5986 (EA) Unknown 100 100 23932 (F1) Unknown 253 253 18883 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13508 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	85% Excellent	Read 496 Write 316 Mixed 247 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 18.9 118% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 36.4 87% 186 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 108%
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 47GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 31189 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1324 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 467 (AE) Unknown 100 100 411 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1556 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1962 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1878732302 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2599226396	50.7% Above average	Read 453 Write 328 Mixed 322 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 11.6 4K Mixed 6.11 40% 11.6 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 11.9 DQ Mixed 6.87 9% 17.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 100 243390800 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4682 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1507537 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11785 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 565 (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 70 58 555286558 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 155 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15717 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 73014444062 (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 119662083835203 (F1) Unknown 100 253 28553570857836 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1048644655365	102% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 177 Mixed 152 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.41 108% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 574GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1356 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 68 43 9950 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3579 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 42416 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1565 (B5) Unknown 100 100 12131519 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 425 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 197569216540 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 140560 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3631	68.1% Good	Read 107 Write 130 Mixed 120 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.27 88% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.9% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 12.5 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 13.7 32% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 88%

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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	1,433x
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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $592

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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