MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (90%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151214
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '18 at 19:15
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	90%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 184 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 381 48% 363 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3734) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 127 Parallax 134 104% 130 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 128 Splatting 103 109% 139 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
KINGSTON 120GB 834 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 254 Write 148 Mixed 181 43% 195 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 27.7 79% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 73.2 DQ Mixed 104 75% 98.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% Great: 85%
Adata SU650 120GB-$14 42,288 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 94GB free Firmware: P122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 347 369 376 389 396 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 452 Write 379 Mixed 335 SusWrite 366 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 40.9 4K Mixed 12.7 63% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 78.4 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 20.7 66% 135 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 88%
Samsung SSD 500GB 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 92GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 302 189 193 180 165 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 442 Write 422 Mixed 379 SusWrite 231 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 32.7 111% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 135%
Ut165 USB Flash Disk 4GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 0165 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.1 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.2 7.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	5.8% Terrible	Read 18.3 Write 5.7 Mixed 5 SusWrite 7.3 10% 9.07 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.8% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSB.8FARG 1315 BLS4G4D240FSB.8FARG 1315 BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD 12GB 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	62% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 20.3 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,761 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,433x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	628x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	530x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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	85x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $577

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 $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