MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	122% 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	70.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7980
Motherboard	MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	Цвета: 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180625
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '19 at 20:05
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 549 74% 554 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2730 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 187 Parallax 178 135% 177 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 167 Splatting 126 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 99 95 97 100 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 313 Write 120 Mixed 180 SusWrite 95.7 39% 177 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 35.9 154% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 73.8 71% 109 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 75%
Geil ZENITH R3_480GB 480GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 273GB free Firmware: GAJ1501 SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 252 88 94 92 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 410 Mixed 340 SusWrite 160 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 49.3 172% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 247 206% 296 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 33.9 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 28.8 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	176x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	134x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	46x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	76x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	49x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
Ultra II 960GBSanDisk $226Bench 85%, 35,454 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x
DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 2,314 samples	24x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $464

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