MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	254% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '19 at 10:25
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 504 65% 491 Pts	64-Core 489 30% 489 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 157 Parallax 135 114% 144 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 145 Splatting 119 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 703GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1543 985 1010 979 978 981 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 1,219 Write 2186 Mixed 1,499 SusWrite 1,079 339% 1,496 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 70.6 231% 88.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,800 DQ Write 1,234 DQ Mixed 1,648 1,195% 1,561 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 298%
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 119GB free Firmware: 5.0.7a SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 147 148 148 148 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 403 Write 164 Mixed 212 SusWrite 147 51% 232 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 39.6 159% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 134 113% 165 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 80%
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 42GB free Firmware: 6.0.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 94 102 97 100 101 MB/s Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.9% Good	Read 262 Write 124 Mixed 161 SusWrite 99.1 36% 162 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 30 135% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 84.5 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 94.3 75% 102 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 236GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 172 175 180 183 183 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 65.7 Write 106 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 178 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.6 210% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 9,293 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 25 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 21.1 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 87%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,760 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	627x
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	308x

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 $179	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