MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.6% 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	140% 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-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180616
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 16:22
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	LBN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 142 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 773 76% 619 Pts	64-Core 809 50% 809 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 117 Parallax 99.8 88% 108 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 99.3 81% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 645 288 276 271 269 270 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 964 Write 865 Mixed 560 SusWrite 336 152% 681 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 53.7 187% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 465 DQ Write 576 DQ Mixed 447 358% 496 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 313%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 389GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 112 110 114 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 174 Write 142 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 112 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 494GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 148 150 145 150 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 168 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 148 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 109%
WD WD10EZEX-08RKKA0 2TB 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 105 110 108 113 108 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 142 Write 95.5 Mixed 68 SusWrite 109 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 2.3 428% 2.83 MB/s

WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 432GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 77 75 75 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	Read 85.8 Write 91.7 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 75 103% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 44%

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 @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 24.9 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 23.9 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 91%

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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	555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	362x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	74x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	62x
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 $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