MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	42.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160512
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 23 '17 at 07:48
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 290 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 792 82% 661 Pts	64-Core 808 50% 808 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8591) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.19 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 153 Reflection 167 Parallax 142 125% 154 fps	Gravity 148 Splatting 123 118% 135 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 13963196 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 -135995844446249 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1400 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 107 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 74 60134391840 (C2) HDA temperature 32 74 60134391840 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13963196 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13963196 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13963196 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17893 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10672 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10672 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12212	42.3% Average	Read 173 Write 79.9 Mixed 108 26% 120 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 14.4 90% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 88.8 DQ Write 96.2 DQ Mixed 22.7 36% 69.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 73%
Samsung PM810 2.5" 7mm 128GB 4,365 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 32GB free Firmware: AXM06D1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 7 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15408 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1343 (AF) Unknown 99 99 5 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 23 (B2) Unknown 73 73 536 (B3) Unknown 76 76 972 (B4) Unknown 76 76 3060 (B5) Unknown 99 99 7 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 7 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 73 73 1480 (F1) Unknown 22 22 3352547639 (F2) Unknown 6 6 4043878129	37% Below average	Read 228 Write 179 Mixed 169 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 33.2 4K Mixed 6.89 48% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 28.7 DQ Mixed 8.33 22% 50.3 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 50%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 536GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 166 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2243 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12903 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1270 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 83 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2168 (C2) HDA temperature 109 94 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	91.6% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 153 Mixed 135 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.84 4K Mixed 0.3 120% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,486 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 2GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	9.37% Terrible	Read 37.8 Write 10.7 Mixed 11.8 20% 20.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.12 4K Write 0.11 4K Mixed 0.21 30% 1.81 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.37% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 25,824 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 23 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 25 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 88%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,762 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,434x
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	327x
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