MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160121
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '17 at 09:25
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 272 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 658 72% 571 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3176) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.3% Good	Lighting 83.7 Reflection 83.8 Parallax 74.9 68% 80.8 fps	MRender 80.4 Gravity 74.8 Splatting 66.4 60% 73.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8892 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1555 (B1) Unknown 97 97 46 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 505 (F1) Unknown 99 99 42346065840
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
PNY CS2211 960GB-$289 229 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 296GB free Firmware: CS221017 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4275 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 597 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1676 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262159 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 240 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3871	97.5% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 494 Mixed 496 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 14.6 121% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 64.3 108% 205 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 920GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214488688 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1406 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4690685 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7925 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1399 (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 69 60 538902559 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 286 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2861 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 64424509471 (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 90378996817556 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21953633781 (F2) Unknown 100 253 192496601810	80.1% Excellent	Read 153 Write 126 Mixed 147 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.16 76% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 113%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 727GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2806 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15842 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2025 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 516 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2292 (C2) HDA temperature 110 100 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	106% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 181 Mixed 172 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 2.72 4K Mixed 0.32 129% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 124GB 120 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 115GB free, PID 312b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 117 Write 50.6 Mixed 77.6 94% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.87 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.98 98% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 4x8GB 1,487 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 25.4 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 24.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 107%

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Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 86%

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Workstation 38%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) - $174

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	362x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	74x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	36x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $778

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 $178	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