MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '17 at 17:32
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	11%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 149 2-Core 290 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 780 79% 640 Pts	64-Core 775 48% 775 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 114 Parallax 94.2 91% 106 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 101 Splatting 100 81% 99.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7361051 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 114340619356085 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 859 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 236 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 42 60132294683 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 60132294683 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7361051 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7361051 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7361051 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4873 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3905 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3905 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4415 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2424859	50.2% Above average	Read 306 Write 104 Mixed 148 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 13.4 95% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 76.1 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 29.9 40% 71.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 75%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 852GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 136821536 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 793 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10852107 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1961 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 841 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 62 437518362 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4161 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 60129542170 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -35094177773449 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3387889569 (F2) Unknown 100 253 168386740637	88.8% Excellent	Read 135 Write 173 Mixed 139 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.69 210% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 31.2 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 32.6 96% 33.6 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,760 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	1,433x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	627x
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	326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	308x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $592

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