MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.63% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	107% 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, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '17 at 21:52
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 711 76% 605 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A12) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4627 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.63% Terrible	Lighting 7.97 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 7.84 6% 9.17 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 16.2 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.63% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6 Pro 256GB-$110 927 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^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 100 100 176 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 450 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 154 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 10577 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1408 (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 100 100 168 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 154 (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 2644 (F1) Unknown 100 100 70931 (F2) Unknown 100 100 97460	107% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 439 Mixed 464 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 32.5 146% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 109 147% 269 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 117399136 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 630 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2951837 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 450 (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 66 538378271 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4998 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 81604378655 (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 135179800674567 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1064605041 (F2) Unknown 100 253 602387413136	103% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 173 Mixed 163 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.23 84% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 242 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 30.5 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 41 SC Mixed 29.2 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%

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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	1,432x
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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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