MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	213% 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	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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160512
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '17 at 05:53
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 232 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 608 64% 511 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 5988) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1569 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70% Good	Lighting 90.8 Reflection 88.4 Parallax 85.3 74% 88.2 fps	MRender 80.8 Gravity 79 Splatting 70.3 62% 76.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,995 Write 1,182 Mixed 1,104 314% 1,427 MB/s	4K Read 55 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 26.4 184% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 57.6 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 147 124% 172 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 236%
Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN16G 1.5TB 5,186 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 11GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 181197936 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1424 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37089173 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11784 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1079 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 12885099187 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 689504293 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 372732 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 68719476773 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 108285 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 803158893190 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22755586295604 (F2) Unknown 100 253 46534757240331	55.3% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 94 Mixed 85.8 70% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.31 93% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 6GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 177616938 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6742 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 158351242 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28159 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4358 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 26 (BD) vendor-specific 41 41 59 (BE) vendor-specific 58 51 756547626 (C2) HDA temperature 42 49 47244640298 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 23 177616938 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 20 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 62496069152080 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3002170340 (F2) Unknown 100 253 619640653	57.3% Above average	Read 99.2 Write 100 Mixed 92.5 73% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.53 119% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 70%
WD WD5002AALX-00J37A0 500GB 10,663 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 6GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 142 3791 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3244 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 37108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1385 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 411 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2832 (C2) HDA temperature 105 93 38 (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 71 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.2% Average	Read 97.2 Write 63.6 Mixed 69.8 58% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.23 76% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 72%
WD Se 2TB (2013)-$74 2,177 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 6GB free Firmware: 01.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 6341 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1365 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11660 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1042 (10) Unknown 26 174 468123719477 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1304 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 35 (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	65.7% Good	Read 138 Write 91.2 Mixed 85.9 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.19 90% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.9% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 22.3 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 19.6 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 104%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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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 $94Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $577

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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