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 (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	61.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 16:58
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 527 70% 527 Pts	64-Core 526 33% 526 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 121 Reflection 122 Parallax 103 98% 115 fps	Gravity 106 Splatting 99 90% 102 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 11990801 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -93114890972289 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 601 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 54 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 35 60131835930 (C2) HDA temperature 26 35 60131835930 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11990801 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11990801 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11990801 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 77309411329 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9201 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5928 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5928 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4508 (F4) Unknown 98 98 5177409	61.5% Good	Read 499 Write 112 Mixed 128 53% 246 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 4.77 113% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 34.5 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 27.6 38% 65.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 304GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 63 104818380 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 601 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44808332 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4993 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 600 (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 73 65 454361115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 644 (C2) HDA temperature 27 15 64424509467 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 104818380 (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 73349451486026 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9889428910 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25686520361	81.7% Excellent	Read 144 Write 141 Mixed 144 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.24 75% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25.1 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 24.6 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 85%

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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	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 $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	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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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