MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% 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 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.4% 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	73.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7980
Motherboard	MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151021
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 12:53
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	5%

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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 571 8-Core 574 76% 573 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 121 Parallax 105 92% 113 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 102 Splatting 91.1 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1230C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^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 1111 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1216 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 101 (A3) Unknown 100 100 51 (A4) Unknown 100 100 198473 (A5) Unknown 100 100 142 (A6) Unknown 100 100 43 (A7) Unknown 100 100 105 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 90 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 53 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 219 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 4711 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 494621 (F2) Unknown 100 100 247393 (F5) Unknown 100 100 396946	73.7% Very good	Read 493 Write 220 Mixed 237 69% 317 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 21.7 103% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 50 83% 163 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 470GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2662 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9434 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2423 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 529 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2141 (C2) HDA temperature 108 88 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 195 99 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	103% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 168 Mixed 159 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.36 113% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 30.4 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 36.9 SC Mixed 27.4 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 91%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	176x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $43Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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