MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.8% 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	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 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	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170503
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '18 at 00:53
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	0%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 253 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 732 73% 594 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 161 Parallax 153 121% 154 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 143 Splatting 118 105% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221 10,770 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 215 100 1239 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1127 (A6) Unknown 100 100 137 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 188 (A9) Unknown 100 100 264 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 192 (AE) Unknown 100 100 79 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 100 266287972397 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1619 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 31095 (F1) Unknown 253 253 14111 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11765	80.8% Excellent	Read 478 Write 335 Mixed 395 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 4.33 112% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 29.1 81% 169 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 635GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 137 137 21492597016 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1135 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8208 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1127 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1137 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 214748954656 (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 1	86% Excellent	Read 158 Write 142 Mixed 134 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.21 91% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 108%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050V 500GB 5,167 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 465GB free Firmware: AX0U1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1452 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 95 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 392 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 7416 (0A) Spinup retry count 101 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 29768 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 412 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 236224512029 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 44 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 83 83 7141 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 173 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	62.9% Good	Read 110 Write 109 Mixed 105 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.22 71% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 62%
Hitachi HTS545025B9A300 250GB 8,875 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 96GB free Firmware: PB2OCA1G Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 196 100 64424509441 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4900 (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 87 87 5791 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3959 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 4294901761 (BC) Unknown 100 98 5 (BE) vendor-specific 74 44 437780506 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 68 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 85656859 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 17205 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	20.8% Poor	Read 6.37 Write 65.8 Mixed 7.84 19% 26.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.28 66% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2800 2OZ 4x8GB 829 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	91% Outstanding	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 28.4 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 29.5 85% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 111%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,762 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	1,434x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $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 $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