MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	122% 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.

Run History

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

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	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160921
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '19 at 21:01
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 525 74% 544 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 151 Parallax 130 114% 140 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 139 Splatting 110 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 471 477 481 485 484 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 484 Mixed 439 SusWrite 475 108% 479 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 53.1 191% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 256 206% 287 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 118%
Ocz-vertex2 3.5 120GB 4,046 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 117GB free Firmware: 1.23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 83 83 83 82 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 188 Write 70.4 Mixed 102 SusWrite 83.4 25% 111 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 28.9 113% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 68.6 DQ Mixed 80.5 65% 93.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 55%
Hitachi HDT725032VLA360 320GB 4,752 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 277GB free Firmware: V54OA7EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 67 66 66 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 61.2 Write 67.8 Mixed 39.6 SusWrite 66.2 43% 58.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X4GF3000C15K4 4x4GB 260 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 35.3 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 42.3 SC Mixed 30.4 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%

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

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Gaming 69%

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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	1,434x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	628x
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	327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $577

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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