MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.7% 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	82.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7980
Motherboard	MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '16 at 23:39
Run Duration	88 Seconds
Run User	GEO-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 139 2-Core 268 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 722 76% 606 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 112 Parallax 101 90% 108 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 101 Splatting 101 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 960GB-$195 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 581 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 214 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 741 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65541 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2830	82.8% Excellent	Read 511 Write 346 Mixed 351 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 10.3 103% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 45.8 97% 201 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 29 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 24.8 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 25.8 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 110%

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

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Gaming 69%

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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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $43Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $445

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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