MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	102% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '18 at 07:50
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 678 69% 559 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 147 Parallax 126 112% 137 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 132 Splatting 106 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 196 184 175 199 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 452 Mixed 309 SusWrite 208 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 50.4 172% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 331 257% 353 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 94GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 82 86 86 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 140 Write 141 Mixed 105 SusWrite 85.2 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 100%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 9GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 85 89 87 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 77.5 Write 65.5 Mixed 49 SusWrite 90.9 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 83%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$78 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 241GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 74 75 75 75 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 67.5 Write 76.8 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 74.6 51% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 88%
Intenso Micro Line 16GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 800b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.4 4 0.3 4 0.3 4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	3.36% Terrible	Read 15.3 Write 0.7 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 2.3 6% 5.88 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 10% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.36% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.7 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 24.9 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 113%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,772 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,441x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	631x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	532x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	86x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $575

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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