MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	16.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7980
Motherboard	MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980) (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '20 at 20:34
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	65%

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PC Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Memory 53.4 1-Core 63.2 2-Core 89.1 42% 68.6 Pts	4-Core 218 8-Core 308 33% 263 Pts	64-Core 345 21% 345 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3718) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	16.5% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 26.1 Parallax 22.4 16% 22.8 fps	MRender 18.8 Gravity 21.5 Splatting 21.8 17% 20.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 101 39 58 54 49 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	38.3% Below average	Read 255 Write 209 Mixed 94.5 SusWrite 74.5 35% 158 MB/s	4K Read 9.5 4K Write 23.8 4K Mixed 10.4 40% 14.6 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 104 120% 204 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 82%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 161 173 174 170 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 150 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 169 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 132% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GB 2,314 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 19.2 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 9.5 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 149 27% 149 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 93%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	176x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	134x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	76x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	49x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
Ultra II 960GBSanDisk $226Bench 85%, 35,454 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x
DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 2,314 samples	24x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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