MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.2% 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	87.4% 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-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150902
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '16 at 15:54
Run Duration	311 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 83.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 226 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 455 61% 453 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2935) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1201.0 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	Lighting 25.8 Reflection 28.9 Parallax 30.2 21% 28.3 fps	MRender 23 Gravity 22.7 Splatting 31.2 22% 25.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 282 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 254 (AB) Unknown 100 100 82656080 (AE) Unknown 100 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 23 (D2) Unknown 100 100 508 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1647 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2346 (F9) Unknown 100 100 73533539	87.4% Excellent	Read 439 Write 405 Mixed 418 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 24.4 108% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 72.6 111% 211 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 101%
Ocz-vertex2 3.5 115GB 2,637 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 103GB free Firmware: 1.37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2924734 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -117020678944612 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1422 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 52 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2924734 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1408 (EA) Unknown 0 0 768 (F1) Unknown 0 0 768 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1024	39.7% Below average	Read 245 Write 71.6 Mixed 97.5 30% 138 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 11.6 74% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 98.9 DQ Write 74.2 DQ Mixed 27 36% 66.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 49%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 926GB free Firmware: CC36 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 222246007 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5566 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 55 55 1748195333312 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11730 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2377 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4296343593 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 75 44 374083026969 (C2) HDA temperature 25 56 81604378649 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 20 222246007 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 194 686 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -38044820290246 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2528847883 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1609563495	62.4% Good	Read 109 Write 109 Mixed 98.4 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.48 113% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 68%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 2,127 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 695GB free, PID 5071 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 34.2 Mixed 22.3 38% 30.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 0.39 4K Mixed 0.22 23% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 18%
Seagate FreeAgent Pro 500GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 348GB free, PID 3110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 36.6 Write 41 Mixed 39 51% 38.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.44 70% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 20%
WD My Book 750GB 378 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 115GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 34.4 Write 36.5 Mixed 16.6 36% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.31 83% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 25.5 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 22.7 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 95%

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Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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