MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.4% 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	178% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160122
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '17 at 16:47
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 219 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 623 63% 510 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.4% Below average	Lighting 45.3 Reflection 41.1 Parallax 39 37% 41.8 fps	MRender 36.8 Gravity 40 Splatting 33.1 30% 36.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 36%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A12) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 22.20.16.4749 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.58% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 11 Parallax 7.34 7% 8.83 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 7.03 Splatting 15.2 10% 11.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.58% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,666 Write 810 Mixed 1,150 267% 1,209 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 30.5 184% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 47.3 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 31.2 71% 137 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 283%
Seagate ST8000DM002-1YW112 8TB 78 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 5TB free Firmware: DN01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 73 64 19306397 (03) Spinup time 86 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 439 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 18979432 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -103199474183656 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 440 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 43 756351020 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1958288 (C2) HDA temperature 44 57 81604378668 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 2 19306397 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -39831526699069 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5600931069 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17581708469	116% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 202 Mixed 176 145% 193 MB/s	4K Read 4.16 4K Write 3.64 4K Mixed 0.34 278% 2.71 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 1,481 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.1% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.1 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 20.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 136%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,757 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) - $127

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,432x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	627x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	530x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	308x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $592

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