MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 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	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170503
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '17 at 14:02
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 279 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 539 8-Core 550 73% 544 Pts	64-Core 561 35% 561 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3775) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2256 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Lighting 84.7 Reflection 84.4 Parallax 75.1 69% 81.4 fps	MRender 82.7 Gravity 78.8 Splatting 79.7 66% 80.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1035 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 688 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 35 (A3) Unknown 100 100 257 (94) Unknown 100 100 192159 (95) Unknown 100 100 2612 (96) Unknown 100 100 2528 (97) Unknown 100 100 2596 (A4) Unknown 100 100 43809 (A5) Unknown 100 100 89 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 107 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40841484173342 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 273958 (F2) Unknown 100 100 195925 (F5) Unknown 100 100 258746 (F6) Unknown 100 100 384318 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	73.2% Very good	Read 493 Write 252 Mixed 251 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 63.6 4K Mixed 24.4 114% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 33 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 14 34% 66.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 91%
Hitachi HTS545050B9SA00 500GB 1,492 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 117GB free Firmware: PB4OC60X Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 131072 (02) Throughput performance 109 109 4374 (03) Spinup time 144 144 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 4143 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 6591 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2358 (A0) Unknown 100 100 2358 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 67674 (C2) HDA temperature 211 211 188979150874 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 242 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 25 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	29.6% Poor	Read 52.6 Write 50.6 Mixed 61.7 42% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.26 60% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 31.1 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 28.1 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 89%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,772 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	1,441x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	631x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	532x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	86x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $575

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16