MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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

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System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '19 at 05:22
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 139 2-Core 279 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 551 8-Core 779 84% 665 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% PNY(196E 1301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.6% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 110 Parallax 92.5 90% 104 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 122 Splatting 102 106% 135 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 112%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 665GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 134 149 139 146 149 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 142 Write 149 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 143 89% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 26.8 96% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 38.7 SC Mixed 30.9 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 104%

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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 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 $182	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