MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.7% 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	123% 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-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '19 at 13:33
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 457 60% 452 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.7% Very good	Lighting 99.6 Reflection 88.8 Parallax 89.7 81% 92.7 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 89.7 Splatting 77 71% 88.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 413GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 372 415 421 422 422 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 473 Mixed 364 SusWrite 406 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 60.3 206% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 227 196% 289 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 126%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 691GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 387 439 450 451 452 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 437 Mixed 394 SusWrite 427 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 57.6 195% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 277 220% 307 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 125%
Toshiba DT01ABA300 3TB 5,677 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: MZ6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 101 86 101 105 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 124 Write 129 Mixed 26 SusWrite 100 68% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 126% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 88%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 104 108 110 111 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 120 Write 107 Mixed 102 SusWrite 107 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2400 CL16 4GB 4x4GB 312 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 25.7 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.9 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 100%

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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	555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	362x
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	74x
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	62x
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 $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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16