MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 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	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '17 at 18:03
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 417 60% 443 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Lighting 82.2 Reflection 79.8 Parallax 69 67% 77 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 72.5 60% 72.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 218GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 40 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8592293921 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 29 304942678053 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 47245557774 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 235 (EA) Unknown 100 100 318 (F1) Unknown 253 253 288 (F2) Unknown 253 253 27 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	78.1% Very good	Read 494 Write 440 Mixed 468 104% 468 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 5.86 76% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 6.3 68% 158 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 86%
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221 10,770 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 233 100 233 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 765 (A6) Unknown 100 100 323 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 375 (A9) Unknown 100 100 376 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 427 (AE) Unknown 100 100 40 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 100 274877906984 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3616 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 64556 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7464 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12550	72.5% Very good	Read 482 Write 330 Mixed 391 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 4.44 85% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 28.2 74% 154 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 84%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 87GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1495 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 131 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 73 54 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2597859573
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Sandisk SD8SBAT256G1122 1TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 818GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698548 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1548 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5319 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 766 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10326 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10326 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 171799412762 (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 200 200 0	94.6% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 148 Mixed 161 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.21 93% 1 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 100%
Monster Overdrive 3.0 126GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 117GB free, PID 5000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 131 Write 20.6 Mixed 89.7 88% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 9.88 4K Write 0.79 95% 5.33 MB/s
Poor: 18% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x4GB 137 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 24.1 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 14.7 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 90%

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Gaming 45%

Speed boat

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