MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 141% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 123% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	160% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	124% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160512
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '19 at 18:51
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 (97^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 280 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 772 75% 617 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37B9) ≥ 4GB; GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 2080 Ti XTREME WATERFORCE 11G CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3535 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	160% Outstanding	Lighting 222 Reflection 221 Parallax 243 181% 228 fps	MRender 257 Gravity 226 Splatting 141 163% 208 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 270 279 262 280 278 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 492 Mixed 382 SusWrite 290 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 65.5 226% 82.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 177 178 178 178 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 159 Mixed 94 SusWrite 178 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB 10,285 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 179 182 180 175 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 164 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 180 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 386% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 4,421 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 20.4 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 22.3 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 80%

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $577

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