MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% 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	269% 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.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	59.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '17 at 21:01
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 131 2-Core 241 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 643 67% 539 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gainward(10B0 1B06) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 208 Parallax 182 152% 192 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 180 Splatting 125 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 380GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 2,641 Write 1,325 Mixed 1,444 396% 1,803 MB/s	4K Read 55 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 46 210% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 508 DQ Write 383 DQ Mixed 188 211% 360 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 254%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 56GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^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 6608 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1047 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 202 (AE) Unknown 100 100 86 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2584 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 53 201864904737 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 25900725972 (F7) Unknown 100 100 809830947 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1308102351	104% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 398 Mixed 413 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 34.1 146% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 56.9 116% 238 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1453 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8803 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1060 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19747 (C2) HDA temperature 115 106 32 (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 100 253 0	91.8% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 138 Mixed 133 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.27 103% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C15 4x16GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 33.3 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 29.5 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 143%

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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 $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