MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.3% 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	85.6% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	13.7 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	May 22 '19 at 18:06
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (79^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 129 2-Core 244 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 702 69% 564 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% 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: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 116 Parallax 98.3 94% 110 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 103 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400M8240G 240GB 27,523 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 104 102 105 103 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 437 Write 126 Mixed 298 SusWrite 118 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 41.8 157% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 203 176% 257 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 91%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 143GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 245 221 219 212 215 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 353 Write 335 Mixed 309 SusWrite 230 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 24.3 4K Mixed 27.9 91% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 88.8 DQ Mixed 101 84% 125 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 65%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 106GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 88 85 89 96 99 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 89.2 Write 91.2 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 91.2 61% 83 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 15GB free Firmware: KC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 96 85 111 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 95 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 92.7 63% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 135% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 88%
Kingston DT microDuo 32GB 773 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 25GB free, PID 16a1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4 5.3 6.8 6.9 8.8 8.7 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	5.19% Terrible	Read 15.5 Write 8.5 Mixed 9.2 SusWrite 6.7 12% 9.98 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.19% Great: 9%
WDC WD10 TPVT-00U4RT1 1TB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 521GB free, PID 70f1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 37 40 40 40 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 28.5 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 38.8 40% 30.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.2 18% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 17%

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 (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.6% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.3 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.7 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 110%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,761 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	1,433x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	628x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	530x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $592

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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) $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