MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	11.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	294% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 03:29
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 91.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 555 74% 555 Pts	64-Core 557 34% 557 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	11.3% Very poor	Lighting 9.4 Reflection 10.1 Parallax 13.1 8% 10.9 fps	MRender 4.86 Gravity 34.5 Splatting 25.5 18% 21.6 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXA7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	294% Outstanding	Read 2,998 Write 1,302 Mixed 1,631 434% 1,977 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 67.7 243% 89.3 MB/s	DQ Read 526 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 209 218% 362 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 294% Great: 306%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 62GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10950 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1518 (B1) Unknown 98 98 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 43 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 722 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8664995592
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$70 4,260 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01K02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 175 145 10233 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4875 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4873 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 330 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4803 (C2) HDA temperature 112 98 40 (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	88.6% Excellent	Read 157 Write 151 Mixed 161 118% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 3.23 4K Mixed 0.69 171% 1.58 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 96%
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$70 4,260 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01K02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 143 10450 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5165 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5316 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 415 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5088 (C2) HDA temperature 116 101 36 (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	88.7% Excellent	Read 152 Write 157 Mixed 159 118% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 3.43 4K Mixed 0.6 165% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 96%
WD WD4000FDYZ-27YA5B0 4TB 523 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01K06 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 234 5800 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1988 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5399 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 434 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1898 (C2) HDA temperature 111 97 41 (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	95.7% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 149 Mixed 159 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 3.09 4K Mixed 0.49 144% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 96%
Toshiba Ext HDD 1TB 373 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 196GB free, PID b001 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 67 Write 65 Mixed 51.2 77% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.19 59% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 7,409 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.5% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 25.6 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 111%

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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	1,441x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	630x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	532x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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	86x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $582

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16