MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.6% 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	53.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7980
Motherboard	MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180625
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 22 '19 at 06:10
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 214 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 679 68% 551 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6170) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.6% Very good	Lighting 97.7 Reflection 109 Parallax 91.8 80% 99.4 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 93.4 Splatting 93 77% 93.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 120GB 1,958 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 73 70 71 76 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 138 Write 115 Mixed 129 SusWrite 73.3 26% 114 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 32.4 124% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 109 86% 120 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 56%
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 106GB free Firmware: UJ500000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 79 152 129 133 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 444 Write 348 Mixed 314 SusWrite 162 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 19.7 65% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 91.1 DQ Mixed 44.4 50% 85.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 55%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 15GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 21 21 21 15 7.6 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 37.8 Write 21.2 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 17.6 32% 25.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 2.9 188% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.7% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 22.6 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 17.9 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 80%

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Typical Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980) Builds (Compare 488 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $81Bench 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 $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 $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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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