MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.7% 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	59.4% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	May 21 '18 at 20:24
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 698 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% PNY(196E 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.7% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 117 Parallax 97.6 82% 105 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 94.6 Splatting 102 81% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12440157 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -13563506711783 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1212 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 287 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 46 51542622242 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 51542622242 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12440157 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12440157 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12440157 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 38654705665 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20624 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7367 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7367 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5863 (F4) Unknown 95 95 10485920	59.4% Above average	Read 500 Write 110 Mixed 151 55% 254 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 14.6 95% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 83.2 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 34.8 48% 86.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 73%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 299GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 126 110 6691 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18838 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 44648 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4137 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 396 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 138 138 186263 (C2) HDA temperature 110 92 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1256 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.6% Average	Read 95.7 Write 70.3 Mixed 86.5 64% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.14 59% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 59%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 268GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 166631032 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1355 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 123015034 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10120 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1331 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 706084897 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 50598 (C2) HDA temperature 33 49 64424509473 (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 -39221641340488 (F1) Unknown 100 253 36382923294 (F2) Unknown 100 253 419084094449	75.9% Very good	Read 114 Write 149 Mixed 96.9 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.43 171% 2.11 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 152GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 67 (03) Spinup time 123 123 12897091769 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5599 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8955 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1209 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11456 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11456 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 231929151523 (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	87.9% Excellent	Read 150 Write 157 Mixed 152 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.2 71% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB 16,624 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.5% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 11.9 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 14.8 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 89%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,762 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	1,434x
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	327x
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 $31Bench 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