MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results

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


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	279% 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	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 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160512
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '16 at 05:44
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Memory 61.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 228 75% 139 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 618 65% 520 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% MSI(1462 2840) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.697 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 32.6 Reflection 34.8 Parallax 38.1 26% 35.2 fps	Gravity 40.3 Splatting 35.2 33% 37.8 fps
Poor: 25% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2,666 Write 1,122 Mixed 1,355 376% 1,714 MB/s	4K Read 65.6 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 69.6 276% 99.9 MB/s	DQ Read 507 DQ Write 371 DQ Mixed 193 211% 357 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 236%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1GB free Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 117 156975008 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 135093901349996 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 540 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 246 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 156975008 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 156975008 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 156975008 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3252 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3651 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3651 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4208	42.8% Average	Read 190 Write 57.9 Mixed 98.1 25% 115 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 11.1 93% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 27.3 44% 85.4 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 61%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 61GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 68 68 10460 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8390 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 17208 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 48 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1998 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 25 25 75 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 53 672202791 (C2) HDA temperature 61 52 688980007 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 74561 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	47.3% Average	Read 70 Write 94.6 Mixed 67.5 58% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.41 96% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial UDIMM DDR4 2400 C16 1x16GB-$29 2,562 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	37.6% Below average	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 12.5 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 11.6 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 124 32% 124 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 47%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,433x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	628x
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	309x

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 $45Bench 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 $273	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 $45	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