MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.1% 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	247% 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, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '19 at 23:09
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 727 74% 599 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Asus(1043 0555) ≥ 4GB; ASUS AREZ RX VEGA 56 STRIX CLim: 1592 MHz, MLim: 750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.3.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 88.6 Parallax 181 88% 126 fps	MRender 86.4 Gravity 120 Splatting 125 92% 110 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 512GB-$283 5,683 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 235GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 446 451 462 459 459 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 469 Mixed 304 SusWrite 455 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 44 159% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 228 200% 297 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 111%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 243GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 957 890 885 849 833 831 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 2,120 Write 1,322 Mixed 834 SusWrite 874 286% 1,287 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 66.2 246% 91.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,136 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 454 412% 652 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 283%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 318GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 124 124 124 121 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 149 Write 135 Mixed 82.8 SusWrite 124 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.6 164% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 42.5 MC Mixed 32.3 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 45.9 SC Mixed 32.3 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

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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 $45Bench 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 $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