MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	109% 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	83.8% 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	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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180616
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '21 at 18:50
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 86.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 208 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 562 56% 457 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3732) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 116 Parallax 132 113% 129 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 129 Splatting 104 108% 137 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1225G SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 161 160 183 151 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 490 Write 198 Mixed 255 SusWrite 170 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 40 139% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 176 149% 218 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 67GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 87 96 95 93 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 142 Write 104 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 92.2 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 106% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 537GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 195 194 194 191 194 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 124 Write 71.7 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 192 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 114%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 64GB 402 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 57GB free, PID 0cc7 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 8.6 5.4 6.8 5.9 7.3 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	3.96% Terrible	Read 10.2 Write 8.5 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 7.5 9% 6.98 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.96% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 23.8 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 21.5 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 98%

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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	362x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $130Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16