MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	89.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	43.5 GB free of 48 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 01 '16 at 17:49
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 149 2-Core 299 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 817 87% 696 Pts	64-Core 824 51% 824 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 125 Parallax 112 94% 117 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 103 Splatting 99.1 82% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 224GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2495 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 878 (B1) Unknown 98 98 19 (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 71 51 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 312 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21718958612
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
HGST Deskstar NAS 6TB-$250 974 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 5TB free Firmware: APGNT517 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 147 147 25799164353 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 253 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 870 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 220 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 303 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 303 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 249109282848 (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	115% Outstanding	Read 215 Write 187 Mixed 154 139% 186 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.71 150% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 120%
Marvell Raid VD 2TB 300 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 2TB free Firmware: MV.R00-0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	85% Excellent	Read 154 Write 143 Mixed 145 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 199%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 7 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 74 43 8160 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 872 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11041 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 685 (B5) Unknown 98 98 55799297 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 169 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 56 188979281945 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 261 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 7 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4487	71.2% Very good	Read 114 Write 134 Mixed 109 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.3 99% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 72%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 266GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 194 3158 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1665 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3124 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1399 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 585 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1079 (C2) HDA temperature 124 110 26 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	88.4% Excellent	Read 154 Write 153 Mixed 147 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.39 4K Write 3.78 4K Mixed 0.41 174% 1.86 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M1A2666C16 0215 CMK32GX4M2B3200C16 0215 CMK8GX4M1A2666C16 0215 CMK32GX4M2B3200C16 48GB 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	97.1% Outstanding	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 30.9 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 42.3 SC Mixed 30 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns

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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 $130Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $269	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 $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