MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	46.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	207% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170421
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '18 at 06:04
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 238 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 609 63% 505 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.4% Average	Lighting 46.4 Reflection 102 Parallax 88.8 38% 79.1 fps	MRender 88.9 Gravity 47.1 Splatting 90.7 63% 75.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,931 Write 1,156 Mixed 1,164 313% 1,417 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 35.4 175% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 54.3 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 25.8 61% 119 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 3GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 25131172 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 4758823779778 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2122 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 494 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 40 48 1009320460328 (C2) HDA temperature 40 48 1009320460328 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 25131172 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 25131172 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 25131172 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17995 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14955 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14955 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15566	44.8% Average	Read 163 Write 93.9 Mixed 109 27% 122 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 13.4 98% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 89.8 DQ Mixed 27.1 40% 76.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 73%
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8175 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 541 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 225 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1703986 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 158 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 74 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3707	79.9% Very good	Read 512 Write 336 Mixed 345 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 10.1 98% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 32.5 85% 183 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 91%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 966GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 79 (03) Spinup time 187 181 7625 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3971 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8860 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 548 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 46 46 463141 (C2) HDA temperature 112 99 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	57.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 100 Mixed 110 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 685GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 175 168 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8169 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15377 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2074 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 318 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7851 (C2) HDA temperature 107 93 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	82.5% Excellent	Read 135 Write 153 Mixed 140 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.2 84% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 1x16GB 209 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 9.9 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 9.3 28% 9.67 GB/s	Latency 81.6 49% 81.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 43%

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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 $94Bench 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 $45	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