MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	91.9% 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

8 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7980
Motherboard	MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '16 at 18:44
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 119 2-Core 223 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 653 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 853C) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6869 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Lighting 48 Reflection 47.1 Parallax 41.3 39% 45.5 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 42.2 Splatting 38 33% 40.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 601 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 260 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 40 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2698318407	91.9% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 402 Mixed 410 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 26.1 150% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 44.9 DQ Write 91 DQ Mixed 25.9 32% 53.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 79186056 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 266 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4949819 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 564 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 259 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 488308765 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2446 (C2) HDA temperature 29 47 64424509469 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 22329534972348 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2793320822 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19945911939	110% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 182 Mixed 181 142% 189 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.23 80% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 31.6 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 42 SC Mixed 30 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980) Builds (Compare 495 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	178x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	136x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	77x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	49x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	44x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
Ultra II 960GBSanDisk $100Bench 85%, 35,454 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	25x
DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 2,314 samples	24x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $590

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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