MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


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 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170421
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '17 at 00:48
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	8%

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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 115 2-Core 225 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 437 61% 449 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Gigabyte(1458 3642) 2GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Lighting 19.6 Reflection 15.9 Parallax 16.6 16% 17.4 fps	MRender 22.5 Gravity 19.2 Splatting 16.8 16% 19.5 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4747408 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -23184233460428 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 394 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 341 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 53 81607852063 (C2) HDA temperature 31 53 81607852063 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4747408 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4747408 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4747408 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 94 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2155 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2155 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1362 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4587563	66.1% Good	Read 458 Write 189 Mixed 258 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 15.9 105% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 60.1 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 12.4 44% 92.5 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 85%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$40 57,200 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 545GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 187 1566 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 717 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 133 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 80 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1617 (C2) HDA temperature 118 101 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 55	56.8% Above average	Read 99.6 Write 98.4 Mixed 97 74% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.25 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 63%
Kingston HyperX Fury 3.0 32GB 667 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 22GB free, PID 16a5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 136 Write 39 Mixed 39.7 72% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.22 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.8 82% 2.36 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x4GB-$47 29,751 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 25.6 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 31.1 SC Mixed 24.6 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 98%

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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 $179	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