MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 05 '16 at 23:06
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 265 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 529 71% 529 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6510 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 75.4 Reflection 78.8 Parallax 71.6 61% 75.3 fps	Gravity 9.23 Splatting 12.3 10% 10.7 fps
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 75GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20439 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1249 (B1) Unknown 63 63 439 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 47 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 204 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28092319789	66% Good	Read 500 Write 133 Mixed 108 53% 247 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 10.7 105% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 27.2 62% 132 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 73%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 827GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 167694256 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 664 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19966047 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13516 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 637 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 48 673447972 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33599 (C2) HDA temperature 36 52 55834574884 (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 47652662160323 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19051133415 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26369326441	66.9% Good	Read 158 Write 75.5 Mixed 71.5 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.51 4K Mixed 0.26 60% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 96%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 719GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 28 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 77 67 7026 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2160 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 38783 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2322 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 25 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 44 240518561831 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 91302 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2417	52.8% Above average	Read 84.9 Write 98.9 Mixed 62.7 61% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.47 116% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 540GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 103094920 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1238 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4324563158 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20634 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1223 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 61 47 690421799 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 55 55 91022 (C2) HDA temperature 39 53 21474836519 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -75239237075414 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11769768141 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29936953293	101% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 163 Mixed 124 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.28 79% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 493 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.9% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 14.3 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 109%

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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 $81Bench 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 $400Bench 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 $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	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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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 $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16