MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics108% 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 Drive231% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
CPU throttled at 90% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
SystemMSI MS-7A12
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)  (all builds)
Memory11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160724
Uptime2 Days
Run DateOct 13 '17 at 13:57
Run Duration89 Seconds
Run User JPN-User
Background CPU0%
CPU Throttled 90%
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 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
83.9% Excellent
Memory 95.9
1-Core 114
2-Core 224
83% 145 Pts
4-Core 389
8-Core 586
60% 488 Pts
64-Core 593
37% 593 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 83.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 142
Reflection 151
Parallax 130
116% 141 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 135
Splatting 111
98% 121 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 108%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Patriot Hellfire NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$233
58GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E7FM02.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
231% Outstanding
Read 2,256
Write 1,423
Mixed 1,182
357% 1,620 MB/s
4K Read 34.3
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 24.2
151% 62.1 MB/s
DQ Read 35.2
DQ Write 412
DQ Mixed 100
114% 182 MB/s
Poor: 97%
This bench: 231%
Great: 195%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
96.5% Outstanding
MC Read 35.3
MC Write 37.5
MC Mixed 30
98% 34.3 GB/s
SC Read 19.9
SC Write 38.9
SC Mixed 28
83% 28.9 GB/s
Latency 54.2
74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 96.5%
Great: 116%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,761 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $592
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