MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.2% 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	119% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '17 at 20:06
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (95^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 246 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 630 68% 541 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89% 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 3301) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 112 Parallax 89.8 91% 105 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 105 Splatting 106 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7969 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1160 (B1) Unknown 98 98 40 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 52 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 89 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25847444399	119% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 416 Mixed 419 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 48.8 191% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 116 145% 259 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 792GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 63 102461193 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 88 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4865914 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 244 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 81 (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 60 59 689045544 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 88 (C2) HDA temperature 40 15 64424509480 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 102461193 (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 19134079303922 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6635398364 (F2) Unknown 100 253 731556934	98% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 156 Mixed 139 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.31 111% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 754GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 211208732 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 120 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 962074 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 128 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 89 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 60 672268328 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 120 (C2) HDA temperature 40 17 73014444072 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 6 211208732 (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 92719753986168 (F1) Unknown 100 253 755374019 (F2) Unknown 100 253 193865776	93.1% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 148 Mixed 138 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.25 92% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C15D4/8G KHX2666C15D4/8G KHX2666C15D4/4G KHX2666C15D4/4G 24GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.7% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 21.1 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 16.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 90%

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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	553x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	360x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	222x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	73x
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	61x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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