MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.8% 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	106% 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	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-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170503
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '18 at 00:53
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 253 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 734 72% 589 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 112 Parallax 106 89% 109 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 96 Splatting 98.3 79% 96.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 114 115 114 113 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 448 Mixed 370 SusWrite 150 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 59.1 199% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 590GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 179 177 180 178 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 174 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 178 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 777GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 193 194 195 195 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 131 Mixed 85 SusWrite 192 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
WDC WD50 00BPVT-60HXZT1 500GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 71GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 30 36 36 35 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 34.5 Write 25.7 Mixed 20 SusWrite 35 38% 28.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 25% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 25.9 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 29 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 105%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) - $127

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,451x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	632x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	167x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	535x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	330x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	312x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	88x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $563

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16