MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	118% 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

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

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '19 at 18:40
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 104 2-Core 229 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 622 63% 513 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2122 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.1% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 104 Parallax 89.8 82% 98.1 fps	MRender 90.9 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 95.7 77% 94.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 25 88 93 91 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 1,406 Write 473 Mixed 948 SusWrite 143 164% 743 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 43.5 148% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 56.1 DQ Mixed 89.4 86% 141 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 295%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 228GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 163 163 164 164 164 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 124 Write 102 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 161 74% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 27.6 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 28.8 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 110%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,765 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	1,437x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	628x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	531x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $571

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16