MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.1% 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	110% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171213
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 24 '19 at 01:34
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i7-6700K-$298 381,041 User benchmarks, average bench 80% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	1-Core 133 2-Core 261 93% 197 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 733 79% 615 Pts	64-Core 724 49% 724 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$480 136,640 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Lighting 322 Reflection 288 Parallax 314 84% 308 fps	MRender 192 Gravity 297 Splatting 201 80% 230 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 86%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 8,154 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 296GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.U SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 431 479 491 492 498 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 498 Mixed 326 SusWrite 458 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 41.7 158% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 66.2 123% 243 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$60 47,693 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 24.7 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.2 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 89%

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

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 3,076 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 53%

Yacht

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 53%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) - $174

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $298Bench 80%, 381,041 samples	1,255x
Core i5-6600KIntel $200Bench 76%, 216,850 samples	1,105x
Core i7-6700Intel $259Bench 69%, 126,666 samples	201x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $399Bench 52%, 512,504 samples	706x
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 671,944 samples	318x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 105%, 561,146 samples	289x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $55Bench 105%, 518,957 samples	377x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $107Bench 113%, 414,632 samples	212x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $70Bench 55%, 209,618 samples	69x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 72%, 33,337 samples	201x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 85%, 22,126 samples	124x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 12,416 samples	111x

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Total price: $1,050

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $270	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $360	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24