MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.2% 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	75.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7980
Motherboard	MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980) (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170419
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '18 at 08:11
Run Duration	87 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 236 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 471 62% 467 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 112 Parallax 92.1 86% 103 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 100 81% 98.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1230C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 150 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 900 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 167 (A3) Unknown 100 100 53 (A4) Unknown 100 100 22981 (A5) Unknown 100 100 46 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 11 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 21 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 105311 (F2) Unknown 100 100 114781 (F5) Unknown 100 100 91924	75.5% Very good	Read 486 Write 240 Mixed 250 71% 325 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 23 103% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 49.2 86% 172 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 1x8GB-$25 19,648 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	47.3% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 13.6 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 12.8 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 47%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980) Builds (Compare 488 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	176x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	134x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	76x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	49x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
Ultra II 960GBSanDisk $226Bench 85%, 35,454 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x
DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 2,314 samples	24x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

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