MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	72% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.2% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '17 at 19:48
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way below expectations (12^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 1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	44.1% Average	Memory 64.8 1-Core 49.9 2-Core 82.2 42% 65.6 Pts	4-Core 138 8-Core 139 18% 138 Pts	64-Core 146 9% 146 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72% Very good	Lighting 84 Reflection 88.2 Parallax 92 68% 88.1 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 93 Splatting 97.8 79% 96.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 192GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^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 4045 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 559 (64) Unknown 100 100 569856 (65) Unknown 100 100 191616 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 84 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2456 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 100 1005023133724 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 878 (EA) Unknown 100 100 634 (F1) Unknown 100 100 760 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4159 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	54.7% Above average	Read 469 Write 260 Mixed 130 62% 286 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 25.4 4K Mixed 8 53% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 63.4 DQ Mixed 21.3 39% 80.2 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 92%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 698 Write 311 Mixed 433 106% 481 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 51.9 4K Mixed 28.2 102% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 83.8 DQ Mixed 54.2 55% 89.9 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 107%
WD Red 5TB (2014)-$58 1,098 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 206 195 8683 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 621 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4080 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 618 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1159 (C2) HDA temperature 120 103 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	63.2% Good	Read 126 Write 94.6 Mixed 95.6 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x4GB 925 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	27.3% Poor	MC Read 7.4 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 10.2 26% 9.3 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 7.6 22% 7.83 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 98%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,755 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) - $127

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,430x
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	529x
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 $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $279	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 $184	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