MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.6% 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	72.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7980
Motherboard	MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	8.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '16 at 22:32
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 256 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 727 73% 591 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 113 Parallax 98.8 87% 106 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 101 Splatting 89 77% 94.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST500LM021-1KJ152 240GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 33392974 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 61031485276839 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 161 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 30 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 46 81607393307 (C2) HDA temperature 27 46 81607393307 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 33392974 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 33392974 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 33392974 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 85899345920 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2276 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2660 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2660 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2974 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2031624	72.1% Very good	Read 502 Write 209 Mixed 261 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 19.4 100% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 45.8 82% 158 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 79%
Kingston SV300S37A240G 4TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 0003 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 126 99 1200267272 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 54 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14075120 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 104157251895541 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 54 (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 74 48 437583898 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 213 (C2) HDA temperature 26 52 85899345946 (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 140673063846132 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1813312781 (F2) Unknown 100 253 897692470	54.4% Above average	Read 99 Write 88.9 Mixed 60.9 62% 83 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 5.84 4K Mixed 0.38 198% 2.45 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	MC Read 32 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 27.9 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 28.7 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 95%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	176x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	134x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	76x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	49x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
Ultra II 960GBSanDisk $226Bench 85%, 35,454 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x
DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 2,314 samples	24x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16