MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (99th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 1 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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.
Boot Drive	82.7% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '18 at 09:03
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing way above expectations (99^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 139 2-Core 257 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 761 74% 607 Pts	64-Core 767 48% 767 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2227 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 154 Parallax 146 118% 148 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 136 Splatting 116 99% 121 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TE128HMGR-000L1 128GB 5,980 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT06L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 133 130 107 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 504 Write 138 Mixed 162 SusWrite 120 50% 231 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 28.8 149% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 64.6 97% 190 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 79%
WD Gold 1TB (2016)-$50 2,872 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 899GB free Firmware: RR07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 189 189 190 190 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 229 Mixed 113 SusWrite 191 133% 182 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 428% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2133 C14 Series 8502 2400 C16 Series 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 26.5 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 28.6 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 83%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,781 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	1,448x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	631x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	166x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	534x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	329x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	312x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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	87x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $582

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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