MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	116% 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	261% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '16 at 12:39
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	KWT-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^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 above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 265 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 752 76% 616 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 163 Parallax 152 127% 157 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 151 Splatting 115 104% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7790 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 307 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (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 71 53 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 124 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15844016608	115% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 408 Mixed 419 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 51.9 188% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 111 125% 210 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 438GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,187 Write 1,429 Mixed 1,514 379% 1,710 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 60.7 236% 88.7 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 391 DQ Mixed 149 161% 264 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 283%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 824 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 160GB free, PID a00e Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 39.6 Write 39.4 Mixed 38.4 50% 39.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.2 67% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 26.1 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 32.7 SC Mixed 25.8 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 91%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

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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 $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 $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