MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.8% 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	90.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '19 at 15:50
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 242 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 714 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 119 Parallax 109 96% 115 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 103 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400M8240G 240GB 27,523 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 168 105 105 106 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 295 Mixed 329 SusWrite 169 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 42 162% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 202 175% 258 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 91%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 138GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 244 230 227 217 221 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 367 Write 314 Mixed 292 SusWrite 235 68% 302 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 23 4K Mixed 26.9 95% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 85.2 DQ Mixed 102 89% 137 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 65%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 38GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 86 87 85 86 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 85.9 Write 87.8 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 85.4 59% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 80GB free Firmware: KC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 115 118 119 118 119 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 97.3 Write 96.4 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 118 67% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.1% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.6 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 62 65% 62 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 110%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,769 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	1,440x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	629x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	532x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	86x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $566

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16