MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60% 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)
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180616
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '19 at 16:56
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 231 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 454 59% 446 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gainward(10B0 1C03) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60% Above average	Lighting 75 Reflection 76.1 Parallax 66.9 61% 72.7 fps	MRender 69.3 Gravity 69.1 Splatting 72 58% 70.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5647 Write 49.2 Mixed 97.5 401% 1,931 MB/s	4K Read 690 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 6 1,055% 233 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 134GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 295 296 297 297 296 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 447 Mixed 384 SusWrite 306 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 62.1 211% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 316 242% 327 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 122%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 845GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 202 203 203 202 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 161 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 202 110% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.5 433% 3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 450GB free Firmware: AP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 120 123 122 123 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 114 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 122 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.1 181% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 70%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 25 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 18.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 85%

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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	554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	360x
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	73x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	61x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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