MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	226% 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 (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '19 at 08:50
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 233 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 669 65% 534 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.5% 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: 419.17 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 196 Parallax 191 140% 186 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 175 Splatting 128 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% 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% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 551 289 321 320 295 218 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 1,905 Write 1,461 Mixed 850 SusWrite 332 252% 1,137 MB/s	4K Read 51.9 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 67.7 244% 89.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,296 DQ Write 1,143 DQ Mixed 838 733% 1,092 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 236%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 75GB free Firmware: MU01.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 53 54 54 54 54 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 430 Mixed 391 SusWrite 89 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 50.1 177% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 237 200% 288 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 91%
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 121GB free Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 286 299 304 304 301 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 284 Mixed 299 SusWrite 299 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 42.6 158% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 191 169% 253 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 96%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$86 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 500GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 443 449 453 448 406 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 424 Mixed 358 SusWrite 441 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 43.7 154% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 298 243% 345 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 111% 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 (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.1% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 20.1 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 19 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 115%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,755 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	1,430x
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