MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7980
Motherboard	MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160726
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '18 at 17:27
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 213 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 631 65% 524 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 76.5 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 67.3 62% 73.4 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 69 Splatting 69 57% 69.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata S510 120GB 690 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 99GB free Firmware: 3.3.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 4116862 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 42348377540097 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 810 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 36 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 33 51541770265 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4116862 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4116862 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4116862 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 322 (EA) Unknown 0 0 396 (F1) Unknown 0 0 396 (F2) Unknown 0 0 600	48.2% Average	Read 194 Write 81.4 Mixed 109 28% 128 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 13.9 108% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 86.6 DQ Mixed 32.1 42% 77 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 79%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 100 3871080 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 96 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 4314430338 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 382 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 105 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8591704091 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 58 672333856 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 112 (C2) HDA temperature 32 42 47244640288 (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 -68728066670207 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4066726077 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19615094656	90.1% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 151 Mixed 118 107% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 5.19 4K Mixed 0.55 187% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 24.2 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 31.8 SC Mixed 24.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 88%

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Typical Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980) Builds (Compare 490 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 $130Bench 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 $195Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x
DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 2,314 samples	24x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	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