MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	37.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '17 at 13:26
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 563 73% 552 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Nvidia(10DE 1033) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Lighting 45.1 Reflection 40.8 Parallax 54.8 37% 46.9 fps	MRender 56.2 Gravity 51.7 Splatting 37.7 39% 48.5 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 12473435 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 -133848360798235 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3285 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1311 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 164 (BD) vendor-specific 25 43 51542425625 (C2) HDA temperature 25 43 51542425625 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12473435 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12473435 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12473435 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 91 91 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 38913 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23190 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23190 (F2) Unknown 0 0 20308	73.4% Very good	Read 433 Write 190 Mixed 215 61% 279 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 22.9 121% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 41.6 73% 143 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 87%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 219GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 162 157 4875 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9585 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18034 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4381 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 833 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 148 148 156269 (C2) HDA temperature 121 96 26 (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 1	32.7% Below average	Read 60.5 Write 52.9 Mixed 61.8 44% 58.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.34 98% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE4G4D32AEEA.K8FE 4x4GB 447 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 34.8 110% 38.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 42.7 SC Mixed 31.7 92% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 120%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,760 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	627x
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	308x

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 $274	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 $183	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