MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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	33.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '17 at 22:00
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 263 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 754 77% 623 Pts	64-Core 734 45% 734 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 144 Parallax 120 107% 132 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 128 Splatting 104 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 34GB free Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4163175 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -25958782330891 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 643 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 104 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 22 37 47247065110 (C2) HDA temperature 22 37 47247065110 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4163175 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4163175 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4163175 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 81 81 107374182401 (E9) Unknown 0 0 26765 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1984 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1984 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3464 (F4) Unknown 96 96 9371791	69% Good	Read 445 Write 141 Mixed 171 55% 252 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 18.9 129% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 98.1 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 37 51% 92.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 73%
Samsung MZNTY128HDHP-000L1 128GB 1,655 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 22GB free Firmware: MAT23L0Q 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 99 99 3481 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 323 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 12 (AE) Unknown 99 99 43 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 881 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 37 270583660577 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 16525556 (F1) Unknown 99 99 891 (F2) Unknown 99 99 1105 (F9) Unknown 99 99 1584	124% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 502 Mixed 502 114% 508 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 48 197% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 37.1 96% 208 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 104%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2CV102HD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9113 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3096 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 166 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1075861 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 87 87 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	33.6% Below average	Read 256 Write 75 Mixed 93.7 31% 142 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 36.6 4K Mixed 5.66 60% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 22.9 DQ Write 63.7 DQ Mixed 5.79 15% 30.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 44%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 96 (03) Spinup time 134 134 42977657337 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 467 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 33410 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 461 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 488 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 488 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 193274314780 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	78.3% Very good	Read 144 Write 129 Mixed 109 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.36 103% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 82%
Seagate ST31500524AS 1.5TB 130 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 155GB free Firmware: CC13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 43376185 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 918 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 46861615 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8155 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 913 (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 71 56 488177693 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 918 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 42949672989 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 23 43376185 (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 50152333126152 (F1) Unknown 100 253 273536766 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3049765193	46% Average	Read 76 Write 84.4 Mixed 89.2 63% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.39 82% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-17-17 D4-3000 2x8GB 3,375 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 25.6 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 101%

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Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) - $174

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	362x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	74x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	36x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $778

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 $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