MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	0.54% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160512
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '19 at 00:11
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$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 (79^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 241 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 624 65% 521 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2183) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3850 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	0.54% Terrible	Lighting 0.13 Reflection 0.27 Parallax 0.28 0% 0.23 fps	MRender 3.14 Gravity 1.13 Splatting 1.13 1% 1.8 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 0.54% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 595 Write 315 Mixed 406 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 30.7 155% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 11.4 DQ Mixed 83.9 58% 75.7 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 164 159 162 165 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 181 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 163 98% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 154% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GB 2,314 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.2% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 20.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 22.6 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 93%

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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 2,760 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	1,433x
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 $42Bench 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 $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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