MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.6% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	20.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '19 at 21:57
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 245 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 642 65% 528 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 75.8 Reflection 77.3 Parallax 65.5 62% 72.9 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 70.4 Splatting 72.6 58% 71.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 187 192 201 200 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 408 Write 229 Mixed 267 SusWrite 191 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 46.2 174% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 169 149% 225 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 95%
PNY SSD2SC240G1LC763C121S459P 240GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 78GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 143 143 143 143 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 331 Write 207 Mixed 230 SusWrite 144 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 36.8 156% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 156 118% 154 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 742GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 173 175 176 176 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 164 Mixed 91.3 SusWrite 174 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.3 253% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 04CB DDR4 2800 2OZ 04CB DDR4 2400 2OZ 04CB DDR4 2800 2OZ 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.3% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 23.7 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 78%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	81x

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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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $778

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	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 $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16