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 above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	288% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	59.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '17 at 16:58
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 147 2-Core 294 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 818 80% 654 Pts	64-Core 819 51% 819 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	288% Outstanding	Read 2,176 Write 1,208 Mixed 1,294 344% 1,559 MB/s	4K Read 57.2 4K Write 235 4K Mixed 54.1 280% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,205 DQ Write 797 DQ Mixed 281 404% 761 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 288% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 162949200 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 894 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3921611 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 731 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 566 (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 70 60 505020446 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4228 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 68719476766 (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 -45556718108485 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5700353747 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10602473832	93% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 157 Mixed 153 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.25 90% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 113%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 588GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 159 6583 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7162 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9396 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3800 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 197 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 182 182 55865 (C2) HDA temperature 120 101 30 (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	49.1% Average	Read 91.8 Write 79.2 Mixed 69.3 60% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.19 72% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 18GB free Firmware: 1AA0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 98 13 (03) Spinup time 83 83 5980 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 5893 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 16621 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5649 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 98 12 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 90 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 56 387383319 (C2) HDA temperature 71 54 488046621 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 144871 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	56.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 97.2 Mixed 112 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.48 126% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB-$139 14,506 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 34.8 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 45.9 SC Mixed 33.2 98% 34.3 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 135%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,760 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,433x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	627x
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	326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	308x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $592

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	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