MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	40.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	192% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160330
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '16 at 06:37
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$51 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 256 94% 165 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 398 53% 398 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% PwrHis(1787 201C) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.300.2511.1001 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Lighting 53.1 Reflection 38.3 Parallax 65.5 43% 52.3 fps	MRender 35.8 Gravity 38.1 Splatting 47.4 34% 40.5 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$60 1,772 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,905 Write 665 Mixed 935 255% 1,168 MB/s	4K Read 55.6 4K Write 206 4K Mixed 33.8 236% 98.4 MB/s	DQ Read 57.2 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 30.9 58% 110 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 213%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 126040840 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1709 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21836598 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2692 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1390 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 52 22165323817 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 469 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17262 (C2) HDA temperature 41 48 -140737488355287 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -109294032779086 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10946430740 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12808087287	94.3% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 163 Mixed 159 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.32 98% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$7 9,864 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 27GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 154 Write 109 Mixed 125 160% 130 MB/s	4K Read 6.12 4K Write 3.73 4K Mixed 1.75 209% 3.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 19,779 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 32.4 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 30.9 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 96%

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

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Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) - $174

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	556x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	368x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	225x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	74x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	70x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	63x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	37x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $768

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16