MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.6% 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	71.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 01:54
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 74 1-Core 128 2-Core 242 81% 148 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 482 61% 464 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 85%

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: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	57.6% Above average	Lighting 82.7 Reflection 51 Parallax 52.8 67% 62.2 fps	MRender 51 Gravity 42 Splatting 48.6 39% 47.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 201GB free Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6429 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1257 (B1) Unknown 98 98 7 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 50 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 89 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3440207690	77.8% Very good	Read 495 Write 276 Mixed 280 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 23.3 111% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 65.9 81% 144 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 114%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6463 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1257 (B1) Unknown 87 87 65 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 122 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29228658464	71.6% Very good	Read 495 Write 273 Mixed 275 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 53.9 4K Mixed 16.8 106% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 41.5 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 16.2 36% 70.5 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 114%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 2TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 131618320 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2285 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10988901 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2666 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 501 (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 68 58 554696736 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9321 (C2) HDA temperature 32 42 51539607584 (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 89644557403911 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5106688673 (F2) Unknown 100 253 136642641883	103% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 165 Mixed 175 134% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.81 218% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 394GB free Firmware: 1A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 161 158 6950 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11573 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 7 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28558 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6345 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 571 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11566 (C2) HDA temperature 118 95 32 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.6% Average	Read 86.5 Write 82.5 Mixed 80.7 63% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.37 98% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G 0420 F4-2133C15-8GRR KHX2133C14D4/8G 0420 F4-2133C15-8GRR 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.2% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 22.3 66% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 16.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 92.6 43% 92.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 79%

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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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	363x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $139Bench 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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Total price: $778

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16