MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171213
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '18 at 17:19
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 808 81% 657 Pts	64-Core 805 50% 805 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 153 Parallax 143 116% 146 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 135 Splatting 111 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 291GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 399 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 338 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 60 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 31 296353792051 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5469165299 (F7) Unknown 100 100 171383219 (F8) Unknown 100 100 44973667 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1944 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	80.1% Excellent	Read 481 Write 296 Mixed 337 82% 371 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 26.1 106% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 45.7 86% 176 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 98%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 57GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8469 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2193 (B1) Unknown 97 97 49 (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 64 52 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 100 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22651372329	114% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 412 Mixed 422 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 47.6 178% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 118 137% 238 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 407GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 100 86566528 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 449 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2864345 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 600 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 383 (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 69 66 521601055 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2271 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 68719476767 (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 -105888123715177 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4753934381 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19795564731	61.5% Good	Read 82.4 Write 131 Mixed 111 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 5.43 4K Mixed 0.66 202% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 112%
Intenso USB 3.0 Device 2TB 660 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 168 Write 150 Mixed 99.7 171% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 5.16 4K Mixed 0.35 190% 2.09 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.9 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 25.3 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 113%

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Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) - $174

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	553x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	360x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	222x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	73x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	61x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	36x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $778

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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