MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73% 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.

Very high background CPU (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151214
Uptime	10.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 19:38
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	93%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 80.6 1-Core 103 2-Core 223 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 349 53% 382 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.4% Very good	Lighting 103 Reflection 110 Parallax 83.4 84% 98.8 fps	MRender 87.8 Gravity 83.6 Splatting 88.9 71% 86.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0121AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^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 100 100 530 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 441 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 24 (A3) Unknown 100 100 227 (94) Unknown 100 100 73802 (95) Unknown 100 100 1057 (96) Unknown 100 100 897 (97) Unknown 100 100 1039 (A4) Unknown 100 100 20133 (A5) Unknown 100 100 63 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36426173448217 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 90050 (F2) Unknown 100 100 147827 (F5) Unknown 100 100 118910 (F6) Unknown 100 100 147604 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	73% Very good	Read 476 Write 244 Mixed 258 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 47.9 4K Mixed 22.5 98% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 33.4 74% 156 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 350GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 63 34063320 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 465 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 27209967 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2079 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 414 (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 70 63 521273374 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 467 (C2) HDA temperature 30 15 64424509470 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 34063320 (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 -120860379707379 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9482404227 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15050898066	92.4% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 152 Mixed 132 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.26 76% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.1% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 10.2 34% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 11.2 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 85%

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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%

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	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