MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.2% 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	93.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160512
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '17 at 01:33
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 284 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 782 81% 652 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 68.7 Reflection 67.7 Parallax 83.5 56% 73.3 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 64.7 Splatting 55.7 51% 62.8 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 8728 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1820 (A6) Unknown 100 100 56 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 374 (A9) Unknown 100 100 303 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 251 (AE) Unknown 100 100 292 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 141 605591568417 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2084 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 65706 (F1) Unknown 253 253 23019 (F2) Unknown 253 253 17316 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	93.3% Outstanding	Read 423 Write 398 Mixed 374 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 25.1 145% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 43.9 80% 158 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 99%
Plextor M6S 128GB-$106 3,356 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 39GB free Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 474 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1307 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5268 (AE) Unknown 100 100 218 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 5268 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 976 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 218 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 329 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12456 (F2) Unknown 100 100 32341	101% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 312 Mixed 378 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 39.7 156% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 73.9 126% 246 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 708GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 74 63 29000022 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 209 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9131681 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1150 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 191 (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 74 64 521732122 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 211 (C2) HDA temperature 26 13 55834574874 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 29000022 (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 131666517427312 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1646192194 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7561377633	97.1% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 169 Mixed 136 118% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.31 99% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 112%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 143GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896829625 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2531 (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 99 99 10608 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2048 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8482 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8482 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 206159413276 (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	78.6% Very good	Read 135 Write 139 Mixed 172 113% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.18 84% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$39 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.7% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 24.5 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 24.9 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 63 63% 63 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 109%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,755 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,430x
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 $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 $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 $273	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 $186	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