MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	158% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '19 at 02:06
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 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 (98^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 104 2-Core 194 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 612 59% 488 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2090 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 105 Parallax 88.5 83% 98.6 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 78.8 Splatting 98 74% 90 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 569GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 849 810 1077 1070 581 791 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 1,368 Write 525 Mixed 911 SusWrite 863 204% 917 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 40.5 140% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 55.9 DQ Mixed 87.6 84% 140 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 295%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 120GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 99 102 104 104 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 145 Write 136 Mixed 30 SusWrite 102 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 27.8 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 23.3 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 110%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,757 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	1,432x
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	530x
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 $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 $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) $30	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