MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	65.3% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170503
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '18 at 19:49
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 269 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 780 77% 631 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 68 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 7 (AA) Unknown 100 100 8 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65539 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 68 66 146030264352 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 118 (F1) Unknown 100 100 106 (F2) Unknown 100 100 83 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1 (F5) Unknown 100 100 3 (F6) Unknown 100 100 8160	65.3% Good	Read 417 Write 263 Mixed 294 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 4.71 89% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 6.6 54% 124 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 17GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 19369881 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -40750649701604 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 379 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 81 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 33 64426672159 (C2) HDA temperature 31 33 64426672159 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 19369881 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 19369881 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 19369881 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1426 (EA) Unknown 0 0 745 (F1) Unknown 0 0 745 (F2) Unknown 0 0 498 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2162712	63.2% Good	Read 430 Write 103 Mixed 158 50% 230 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 17 122% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 84.1 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 12.8 34% 71.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 73%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 5GB free Firmware: 010G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12193 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2333 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 7 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 181 (AE) Unknown 100 100 241 (B5) Unknown 100 100 11660880775155 (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 72 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 196 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 7	58.1% Above average	Read 493 Write 106 Mixed 176 56% 258 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 7.47 98% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 86.3 DQ Mixed 7.58 32% 72.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 596GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 151868264 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9801 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 240336772 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19768 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2628 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 11 11 89 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 66 41 47849865250 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 453 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 41 41 118874 (C2) HDA temperature 34 59 34359738402 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 1 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 1 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 6 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -104496554301402 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31254131337976 (F2) Unknown 100 253 88004863132247	93.3% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 168 Mixed 146 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.31 93% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 268GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 166 1258 (04) Start/Stop count 76 76 24900 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 4 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24604 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3486 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 553 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 17 17 549917 (C2) HDA temperature 115 101 35 (C4) Reallocation count 198 198 2 (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	41.6% Average	Read 77.1 Write 67.7 Mixed 80 57% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.16 68% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 0827 1TB 5,337 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 160GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 102 Write 112 Mixed 82.7 127% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.25 75% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2900 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 28.6 96% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 28.7 80% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 85%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) - $127

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,431x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	627x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	529x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	308x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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