MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	89.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 13:18
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 158 2-Core 315 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 602 8-Core 581 80% 591 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 117 Parallax 100 93% 111 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 101 Splatting 100 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 112GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 2,300 Write 1,463 Mixed 1,293 372% 1,685 MB/s	4K Read 56.1 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 30.3 197% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 569 DQ Write 403 DQ Mixed 28.2 145% 334 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 254%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 527ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 11609019 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 34660386091710 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1772 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 570 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 48 1009320460323 (C2) HDA temperature 35 48 1009320460323 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11609019 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11609019 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11609019 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17407 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14548 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14548 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12562	58.4% Above average	Read 452 Write 125 Mixed 192 56% 256 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 12.3 105% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 10.7 24% 47.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 73%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 315GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 235121968 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 324 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9891800 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2974 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 302 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 65 538902560 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13663 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 77309411360 (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 11308648892886 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9650993548 (F2) Unknown 100 253 410056821435	79.9% Very good	Read 124 Write 153 Mixed 139 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 5.04 4K Mixed 0.6 181% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 111%
Seagate ST9250410AS 250GB-$42 8,782 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 204GB free Firmware: 0006HPM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 93 222514623 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5232 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 146195358501 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16762 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3192 (B7) Unknown 100 253 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 201 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 52 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1043 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 59460 (C2) HDA temperature 30 48 68719476766 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 40 222514623 (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 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	52% Above average	Read 91.6 Write 89.5 Mixed 82.7 66% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.32 77% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 33.9 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 43.4 SC Mixed 30.4 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

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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 $40Bench 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