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MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	75.2% 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.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '20 at 12:52
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$130 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 83.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 220 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 634 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770 16,639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Sapphire(174B E144) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Lighting 15.2 Reflection 11.1 Parallax 12.9 12% 13 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 12.6 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 11%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS510S 256GB 233 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP080PB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 275 283 289 288 277 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 449 Write 288 Mixed 205 SusWrite 278 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 17.6 110% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 56.5 78% 142 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 2x8GB 1,302 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.9% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 12 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.9 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 79%

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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 $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	579x
Core i5-6600KIntel $90Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	387x
Core i7-6700Intel $130Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	85x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	238x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	77x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	73x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	94x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	25x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	69x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	48x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $36Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	38x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $726

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