MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	102% 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	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '17 at 23:31
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 115 2-Core 235 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 517 58% 456 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 141 Parallax 122 113% 134 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 130 Splatting 104 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 74GB free Firmware: O1225G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 20 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 103 (A3) Unknown 100 100 62 (A4) Unknown 100 100 8205 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 4 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 248 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8801 (F2) Unknown 100 100 42765 (F5) Unknown 100 100 16410	87.2% Excellent	Read 518 Write 198 Mixed 284 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 36.9 145% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 68.2 94% 175 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 90%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 67 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20175 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 160 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 104 (AE) Unknown 100 100 42 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4400 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 53 201864511521 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 25178231844 (F7) Unknown 100 100 793070190 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2728574223	102% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 479 Mixed 460 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 31.8 143% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 42.7 80% 154 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%
WD WD50EZRZ-32RWYB1 5TB 1,380 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 190 9383 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 345 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3054 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 117 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7572 (C2) HDA temperature 119 107 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77.1% Very good	Read 141 Write 128 Mixed 123 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.74 4K Mixed 0.29 123% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 94%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 79 (03) Spinup time 146 146 51574211091 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 245 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 23569 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 185 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 14008 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 14008 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 206159478824 (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 200 200 0	67.5% Good	Read 119 Write 116 Mixed 109 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.2 67% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 91%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 206GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 7024 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 66 35 10325 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1643 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 28871 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 484 (B5) Unknown 100 100 298068 (BF) G-sense error rate 96 96 43673 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 180389543967 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 367 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 8 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 32060	52.5% Above average	Read 85.7 Write 96.9 Mixed 65.9 62% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.36 90% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GB 14,178 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.8 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 19.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 97%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,778 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	1,445x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	631x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	166x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	533x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	328x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	312x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	87x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $575

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16