MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.3% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '18 at 20:25
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 683 68% 557 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 118 Parallax 113 92% 114 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 103 Splatting 101 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 146 40 99 60 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 496 Write 444 Mixed 344 SusWrite 133 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 45.2 167% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 125 117% 188 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 88%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 925GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 148 148 150 151 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 152 Write 151 Mixed 105 SusWrite 150 103% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 92GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.3 5.4 68 44 59 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 92.7 Write 69 Mixed 46 SusWrite 34.3 45% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 87%
General 4GB 190 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7.7 Write 8 Mixed 2.2 7% 5.97 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 7%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 8GB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 6GB free, PID cb40 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.6 5.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	5.78% Terrible	Read 19 Write 4.3 Mixed 7 SusWrite 4.8 10% 8.77 MB/s	4K Read 8.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 31% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.78% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB-$97 3,926 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 21.9 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 23.1 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 107%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,756 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	1,431x
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	529x
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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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