MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.6% 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	260% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150714
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '18 at 17:21
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th 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-$130 342,244 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)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 99% 178 Pts	4-Core 575 8-Core 569 77% 572 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 124 Parallax 117 97% 120 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 109 Splatting 110 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 247GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 787 652 655 656 652 646 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 2,021 Write 1,753 Mixed 756 SusWrite 675 289% 1,301 MB/s	4K Read 54.6 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 68.5 264% 99.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,140 DQ Write 1448 DQ Mixed 876 777% 1,154 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 254%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 92 96 94 94 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 100 Write 81.5 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 93.4 62% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 67%
Seagate ST31000340AS 1TB-$136 7,908 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 596GB free Firmware: SD15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 91 94 94 93 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 88.7 Write 91 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 92.8 59% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB 693 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 30.6 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 39.3 SC Mixed 32.8 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

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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	80x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16