MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.6% 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	116% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	22.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '17 at 20:39
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 783 80% 648 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gainward(10B0 1B81) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 118 Parallax 114 93% 115 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 105 Splatting 105 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 10003 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2122 (B1) Unknown 97 97 61 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 48 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 55 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27751390651	116% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 417 Mixed 422 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 48 178% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 111 142% 255 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 91GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14933 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2595 (B1) Unknown 93 93 80 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 52 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 18 (EB) Unknown 99 99 948 (F1) Unknown 99 99 48469248079	97.4% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 348 Mixed 353 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 27.7 143% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 83.1 122% 231 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 118%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 567GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12896895162 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1344 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6822 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1312 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10440 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10440 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 184684707876 (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	80.2% Excellent	Read 153 Write 127 Mixed 155 110% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.18 85% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/8G 859B BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FAD 859B BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FAD 24GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 30.4 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 30.5 92% 32 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 100%

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Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) - $174

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	362x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	74x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	36x

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Total price: $778

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