MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	57.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '18 at 01:32
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 531 71% 530 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 139 Reflection 150 Parallax 130 113% 140 fps	Gravity 133 Splatting 110 106% 122 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 233GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	295% Outstanding	Read 2,684 Write 1,256 Mixed 1,347 386% 1,762 MB/s	4K Read 68.6 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 51.5 269% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,039 DQ Write 395 DQ Mixed 265 315% 566 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 295% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8605351757 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 116711441309293 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1031 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 130 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 31 1013614313495 (C2) HDA temperature 23 31 1013614313495 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 104 104 8605351757 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 104 104 8605351757 (CC) Soft ECC correction 104 104 8605351757 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14976 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9974 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9974 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5837	57.7% Above average	Read 450 Write 119 Mixed 159 52% 242 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 13.5 99% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 66.4 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 27.5 38% 68 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 73%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 169 5891 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3026 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17283 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2555 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 340 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 62004 (C2) HDA temperature 126 111 24 (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	74.5% Very good	Read 123 Write 137 Mixed 83.5 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 0.44 4K Mixed 0.27 76% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 83%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 876GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 167 4058 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3581 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20480 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3174 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 410 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3170 (C2) HDA temperature 120 105 27 (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	82.1% Excellent	Read 172 Write 114 Mixed 14.4 72% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.44 121% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 435GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 75 21530614 (03) Spinup time 96 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6177 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 222409631 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32559 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4962 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 48 488308765 (C2) HDA temperature 29 52 68719476765 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 66 46 147597434 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	32.5% Below average	Read 56.6 Write 56.4 Mixed 47 40% 53.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.27 87% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 2,702 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 28.4 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 26.4 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 115%

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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	1,434x
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	327x
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 $31Bench 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