MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160512
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '17 at 18:59
Run Duration	328 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 466 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 046E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Lighting 63.6 Reflection 56.8 Parallax 75.5 52% 65.3 fps	MRender 56 Gravity 50.5 Splatting 71.7 50% 59.4 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7321245 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -100038378255600 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1423 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 213 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 48 55837720613 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 55837720613 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7321245 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7321245 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7321245 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10837 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9058 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9058 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10939 (F4) Unknown 99 99 5898299	70.5% Very good	Read 487 Write 188 Mixed 256 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 19.5 125% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 30.6 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 14.2 28% 52.8 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 314GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 156118192 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2213 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21700328 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2749 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1408 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 638779430 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21691 (C2) HDA temperature 38 47 51539607590 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -13804024888014 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11106200253 (F2) Unknown 100 253 139525305822	90.3% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 149 Mixed 163 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.15 66% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 112%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 200GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 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 1 (03) Spinup time 225 174 3716 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3829 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3773 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2551 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 511 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 63477 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 35 (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 7 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	38.6% Below average	Read 67.1 Write 67.2 Mixed 68.8 51% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.14 60% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 67%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 8GB 1,804 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 8GB free, PID 005b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	6.36% Terrible	Read 23.9 Write 4.85 Mixed 6.04 11% 11.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.75 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.003 29% 2.59 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.36% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D30AETA.K16FE 2x8GB 3,148 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 25.7 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 24.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 107%

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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	1,431x
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