MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 99.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.7% 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	81.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	12.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '17 at 15:56
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 795 86% 682 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 120 Parallax 101 96% 113 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0121AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^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 100 100 815 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 675 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 38 (A3) Unknown 100 100 197 (94) Unknown 100 100 193385 (95) Unknown 100 100 2814 (96) Unknown 100 100 2695 (97) Unknown 100 100 2802 (A4) Unknown 100 100 53169 (A5) Unknown 100 100 104 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 41 (A9) Unknown 100 100 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37525701853209 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 284328 (F2) Unknown 100 100 244389 (F5) Unknown 100 100 314029 (F6) Unknown 100 100 386770 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	81.4% Excellent	Read 493 Write 257 Mixed 272 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 25.3 118% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 28.2 78% 170 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 92%
Seagate ST2000NM0011 2TB-$60 4,076 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 626GB free Firmware: PA03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 71 63 12628116 (03) Spinup time 89 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2954 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 13311408336 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13189 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2136 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 227636740150 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 46 538050586 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 303 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3581 (C2) HDA temperature 26 54 51539607578 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 107 99 12628116 (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 -110810156224425 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3403963402 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2053822376	51.9% Above average	Read 101 Write 79.3 Mixed 92.6 69% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.45 110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 86%
Seagate ST2000NM0011 2TB-$60 4,076 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 190GB free Firmware: PA03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 119676897 (03) Spinup time 89 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3204 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 26690376 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12916 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2135 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 128850984990 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 46 538050592 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1531 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3577 (C2) HDA temperature 32 54 51539607584 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 119676897 (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 53291954220201 (F1) Unknown 100 253 356860224 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1494931362	47.3% Average	Read 89.7 Write 75 Mixed 84.1 63% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.39 94% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB-$97 3,926 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 24.9 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 25.9 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 107%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,761 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	628x
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	309x

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 $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