MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	276% 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '17 at 16:31
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 488 66% 493 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% XFX(1682 9380) CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Lighting 45 Reflection 52.2 Parallax 55.4 37% 50.9 fps	MRender 50.9 Gravity 40 Splatting 39.7 35% 43.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 355GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,244 Write 1,442 Mixed 1,474 380% 1,720 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 60.4 252% 98.5 MB/s	DQ Read 583 DQ Write 396 DQ Mixed 223 238% 401 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 283%
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 237GB free Firmware: 5.2.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5321076 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 32 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 71992241823078 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 230 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 214 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1407 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 47247261723 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5321076 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 32 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5321076 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5321076 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13227 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15298 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15298 (F2) Unknown 0 0 24512	86.3% Excellent	Read 494 Write 248 Mixed 278 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 22.6 137% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 74.3 106% 196 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 90%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 226GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 158 6933 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7043 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12560 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5087 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7039 (C2) HDA temperature 120 98 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.3% Average	Read 69.6 Write 70.7 Mixed 69.3 53% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.22 71% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 57%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 221GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 230 224 8466 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8287 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12319 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5000 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 222 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8222 (C2) HDA temperature 114 96 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46% Average	Read 83.7 Write 76.3 Mixed 82.2 61% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.42 112% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.2% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 17.8 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 107%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,761 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $577

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