MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.8% 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	62.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 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	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '18 at 15:45
Run Duration	398 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 222 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 427 57% 428 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2825) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Lighting 45.6 Reflection 41.5 Parallax 58.9 37% 48.6 fps	MRender 56.4 Gravity 52.7 Splatting 38.7 39% 49.3 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 287GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1311 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 181 (64) Unknown 100 100 1663744 (65) Unknown 100 100 362560 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 76 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 249 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2797 (B7) Unknown 100 100 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 100 240519217182 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 3 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2928 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1598 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2109 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1360 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 3	62.3% Good	Read 468 Write 249 Mixed 138 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 9.32 78% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 22.6 DQ Mixed 25.2 47% 102 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 174480440 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 374 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 128145 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 723 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 169 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 50 387055639 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1303 (C2) HDA temperature 23 50 60129542167 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 131739531870493 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1217173634 (F2) Unknown 100 253 123176942	100% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 160 Mixed 64.2 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.25 72% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: CV23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 95684952 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 429 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 5176512 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 889 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 185 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 99 99 51540393996 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 74 42 193761312794 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 437 (C2) HDA temperature 26 58 64424509466 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	88.4% Excellent	Read 163 Write 146 Mixed 36.6 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 113%
USB DISK Pro 32GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 21GB free, PID 3623 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	4.06% Terrible	Read 13.5 Write 3.8 Mixed 5.54 8% 7.61 MB/s	4K Read 5.22 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 20% 1.75 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.06% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB 2,748 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.7% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 26.3 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 81%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,761 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	1,433x
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	326x
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