MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	50.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 18:09
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 85.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 294 94% 174 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 500 61% 466 Pts	64-Core 497 31% 497 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2952 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.92 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 45859245 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 72773925864432 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 463 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 104 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 49 77312622617 (C2) HDA temperature 25 49 77312622617 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 45859245 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 45859245 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 45859245 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 64424509440 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3588 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7711 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7711 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4003 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2359302	50.4% Above average	Read 491 Write 225 Mixed 196 66% 304 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 22 4K Mixed 11.2 48% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 27 DQ Write 86.6 DQ Mixed 51.4 41% 55 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 927GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 70 42734489 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 41908 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (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 73 73 454623259 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 27 18 77309411355 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 5 42734489 (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 -115392886341620 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23742749 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18991740	106% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 174 Mixed 156 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.33 109% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 4,421 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.2% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 15.9 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 80%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,760 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	1,433x
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	530x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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