MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	273% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160121
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '17 at 11:47
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 755 77% 621 Pts	64-Core 766 47% 766 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.4% 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: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Lighting 84.1 Reflection 84.3 Parallax 75.2 69% 81.2 fps	MRender 81.1 Gravity 75.3 Splatting 67.9 60% 74.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 343GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 2,661 Write 1,334 Mixed 1,434 398% 1,810 MB/s	4K Read 63.1 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 50.5 243% 89.8 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 114 138% 235 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 254%
PNY CS2211 960GB-$289 229 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 212GB free Firmware: CS221017 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4330 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 629 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1676 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262159 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 264 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4568	84.8% Excellent	Read 506 Write 489 Mixed 506 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 13.2 110% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 12.9 28% 53.7 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 111%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 114GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8949 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1586 (B1) Unknown 97 97 47 (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 73 52 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 524 (F1) Unknown 99 99 43501752906	112% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 400 Mixed 419 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 51 184% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 99.7 115% 195 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 202606856 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1437 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7505564 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7982 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1430 (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 68 60 589168672 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 306 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2938 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 64424509472 (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 -87754771783988 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23978825894 (F2) Unknown 100 253 195212834752	106% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 180 Mixed 175 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 524GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 169 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2837 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15900 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2056 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 539 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2300 (C2) HDA temperature 108 100 35 (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	97.4% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 167 Mixed 156 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.25 110% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 97.4% 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 (71^st percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 104 Write 71.2 Mixed 32.5 78% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.84 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.99 83% 2.55 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34.5% 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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 26 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 25.9 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 107%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	553x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	360x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	222x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	73x
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	61x
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 $279	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 $184	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