MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics94.3% 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 Drive72.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7A12
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)  (all builds)
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160724
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateApr 21 '17 at 20:41
Run Duration120 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing below expectations (38th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
89.5% Excellent
Memory 93.4
1-Core 128
2-Core 252
89% 158 Pts
4-Core 462
8-Core 706
72% 584 Pts
64-Core 708
44% 708 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 89.5%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
EVGA(3842 5180) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
94.3% Outstanding
Lighting 116
Reflection 123
Parallax 97.9
95% 112 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 129
Splatting 105
94% 115 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 94.3%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99
237GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X4140000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
72.7% Very good
Read 481
Write 335
Mixed 320
84% 379 MB/s
4K Read 23.7
4K Write 34.2
4K Mixed 14.6
73% 24.2 MB/s
DQ Read 331
DQ Write 189
DQ Mixed 42.5
90% 187 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 72.7%
Great: 104%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB
1TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
128% Outstanding
Read 238
Write 208
Mixed 187
158% 211 MB/s
4K Read 0.73
4K Write 0.55
4K Mixed 0.17
59% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 128%
Great: 213%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
72.6% Very good
MC Read 27.5
MC Write 27.5
MC Mixed 20.6
72% 25.2 GB/s
SC Read 17.5
SC Write 28.5
SC Mixed 22.7
65% 22.9 GB/s
Latency 61.3
65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 72.6%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,761 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) - $127

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $592
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