MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170503
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '17 at 16:11
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 466 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3754) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 162 Parallax 140 121% 150 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 148 Splatting 118 106% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 68GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6737 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 526 (B1) Unknown 98 98 35 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 48 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 40 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6075104191	113% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 411 Mixed 419 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 41.9 180% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 114 131% 225 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 115%
Toshiba THNSNK128GVN8 M.2 2280 128GB 5,253 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: K8DA4101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 100 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2062 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 219 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 98 (AD) Unknown 183 183 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 83 83 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 100 (B4) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 100 (B6) Unknown 100 100 100 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C2) HDA temperature 62 36 274879152166 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 92 (EE) Unknown 83 83 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 74333 (F2) Unknown 100 100 56349	56% Above average	Read 464 Write 65.4 Mixed 163 50% 231 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 16.5 107% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 82.4 DQ Mixed 17.6 24% 42.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 71%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 341GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 2075 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2342 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3580 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 209 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 93936 (C2) HDA temperature 108 93 35 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 99 99 1039 (F1) Unknown 200 200 24289772084 (F2) Unknown 200 200 16827872277	85% Excellent	Read 152 Write 144 Mixed 128 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.32 112% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 109%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 16GB-$17 2,906 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 15GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 158 Write 30.7 Mixed 28.6 66% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 9.12 4K Write 8.62 4K Mixed 3.62 450% 7.12 MB/s	DQ Read 9.9 DQ Write 7.57 DQ Mixed 3.22 404% 6.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 7,794 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	69.8% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 20.7 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 20.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 79%

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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%

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	1,434x
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