MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	106% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	21 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '19 at 12:10
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 248 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 699 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 151 Parallax 130 112% 139 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 139 Splatting 111 99% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
NE-1TB 1TB 2,390 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0607A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 3.4 131 172 4.7 3.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 1,370 Write 513 Mixed 198 SusWrite 61 116% 536 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 16.2 124% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 421 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 20.1 78% 183 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 270%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 51GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 175 202 173 167 163 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 431 Write 354 Mixed 247 SusWrite 192 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 14.7 89% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 79.5 120% 227 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 107%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 540GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 91 117 137 128 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 111 Write 99 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 121 69% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 213%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 30.9 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 42.1 SC Mixed 30.4 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

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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 1,228 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	360x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	73x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	61x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	36x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $778

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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