MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '18 at 17:32
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4400-$45 36,432 User benchmarks, average bench 47% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 95 1-Core 143 2-Core 284 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 284 8-Core 282 38% 283 Pts	64-Core 285 18% 285 Pts
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Asus(1043 04DF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 75 Reflection 64.2 Parallax 93.5 61% 77.6 fps	MRender 63.7 Gravity 63.4 Splatting 82.4 58% 69.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18471 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2198 (B1) Unknown 96 96 81 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 47 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 642 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1144 (F1) Unknown 99 99 75985101265	112% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 415 Mixed 422 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 47.2 191% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 48.7 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 55 75% 130 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 29562328 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2720 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5636548 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7851 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 958 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 58 588447777 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4873 (C2) HDA temperature 33 42 30064771105 (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 41437844475123 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7644319796 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16577229748	90% Outstanding	Read 121 Write 192 Mixed 151 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.27 4K Mixed 0.8 219% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 210GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 173383136 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4316 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 238514857 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22140 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3847 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65605 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 571670560 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11379 (C2) HDA temperature 32 43 25769803808 (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 -102447854899950 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26668617117 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34808277469	74.7% Very good	Read 118 Write 141 Mixed 120 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 5.44 4K Mixed 0.4 169% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF2X04JEEE36-12-K 2x8GB 2,065 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2700 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 31.7 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 27.8 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 87%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,755 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	1,430x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	627x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	529x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	308x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $592

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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