MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.7% 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	211% 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	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

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System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '19 at 19:32
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 249 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 661 65% 533 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.7 16% 20.6 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 20 Splatting 26 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 607 294 292 289 288 284 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,830 Write 1,288 Mixed 520 SusWrite 343 220% 995 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 55.8 219% 85.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,159 DQ Write 1,120 DQ Mixed 819 703% 1,033 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 236%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 75GB free Firmware: MU01.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 55 54 54 54 54 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 368 Mixed 397 SusWrite 85.3 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 50.3 175% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 239 200% 288 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 91%
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 160GB free Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 299 297 297 294 299 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 294 Mixed 289 SusWrite 297 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 40.6 160% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 190 169% 253 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 96%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 472GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 448 453 451 402 413 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 442 Mixed 405 SusWrite 435 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 57 188% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 298 242% 342 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.9% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 20.3 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 115%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,756 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,431x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	627x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	529x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	308x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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