MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	32% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	251% 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	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

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

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160330
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '17 at 22:39
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 526 70% 527 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% PwrHis(1787 201C) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	32% Below average	Lighting 41.8 Reflection 30.2 Parallax 50.8 34% 40.9 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 36 Splatting 36.2 28% 33.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Zotac Sonix NVMe PCIe 480GB-$797 250 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 405GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM01.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,346 Write 1,347 Mixed 1,266 364% 1,653 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 29.3 173% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 616 DQ Write 480 DQ Mixed 113 203% 403 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 244%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 119GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2033 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1174 (E8) Unknown 100 100 8907930933 (E9) Unknown 99 0 99	104% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 394 Mixed 427 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 33.6 161% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 126 148% 256 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 65065896 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2730 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 4319108651 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4817 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2281 (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 52 21996699679 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1033 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24824 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 -140737488355297 (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 -67315022426469 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14793078431 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16256124125	92% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 155 Mixed 156 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.23 73% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 19,779 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 31.1 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 28.2 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 96%

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Gaming 45%

Speed boat

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	554x
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	223x
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 $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