MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.1% 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	56.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (64%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180616
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '19 at 08:44
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	64%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 97 2-Core 196 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 381 51% 379 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 368F) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Lighting 47.1 Reflection 44.7 Parallax 39.8 38% 43.9 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 41.3 Splatting 36.4 32% 38.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 36%
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 8C92) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Lighting 33.4 Reflection 33 Parallax 29.8 27% 32.1 fps	MRender 36.9 Gravity 31.3 Splatting 31.5 27% 33.2 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 83 74 89 80 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 314 Write 118 Mixed 157 SusWrite 83 37% 168 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 30.3 110% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 92.6 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 102 77% 103 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 75%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 531GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 144 145 143 144 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 166 Write 136 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 143 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 108%
WD Purple Surveillance 2TB (2017)-$70 11,781 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 332GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 84 83 83 85 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 82.2 Write 81.7 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 83.9 55% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C15D4/8G KHX3200C18D4/8G 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.4% Very good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 25.8 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 20.8 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 89%

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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 (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,231 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) - $174

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	362x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	74x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	36x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $778

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 $177	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