MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	75.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '17 at 08:43
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (81^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 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 141 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 756 77% 624 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1064 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 627 (A5) Unknown 100 100 313585435368 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 44 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 21 (AE) Unknown 100 100 50 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 47 201864970277 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3530531537940 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2495 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3847 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2401 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3349 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	75.3% Very good	Read 444 Write 203 Mixed 213 63% 287 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 16.4 119% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 44.9 89% 182 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 93%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7666 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 441 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 545 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 220 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 413 (C2) HDA temperature 112 85 40 (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	86.1% Excellent	Read 162 Write 138 Mixed 136 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.48 159% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 270GB free Firmware: CC41 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 83 63 209205113 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 241 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6468344 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 427 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 209 (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 58 572522528 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 241 (C2) HDA temperature 32 18 77309411360 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 10 1 209205113 (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 -21711059680865 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2907408987 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2174165264	91.9% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 160 Mixed 140 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.31 88% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 1x8GB 1,490 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2455 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	43.3% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 11.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 14.1 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 48%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 38%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	362x
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	74x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	62x
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 $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