MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	61.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151214
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '19 at 13:14
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 225 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 624 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 153 Parallax 132 123% 145 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 142 Splatting 113 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 97 64 68 50 11 MB/s Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.1% Good	Read 201 Write 93.8 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 79.9 22% 100 MB/s	4K Read 10 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 32 109% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 174 170% 270 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 99%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 188GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 138 139 138 136 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 132 Write 125 Mixed 87.8 SusWrite 138 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB-$227 628 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	78.6% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 25 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 23.2 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $592

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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