MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	126% 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	225% 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, 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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170503
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '19 at 08:05
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 814 86% 690 Pts	64-Core 807 50% 807 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 193 Parallax 174 141% 180 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 175 Splatting 124 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 635 306 303 296 293 289 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 1,985 Write 1,490 Mixed 608 SusWrite 354 245% 1,109 MB/s	4K Read 53.7 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 55.8 241% 91.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,081 DQ Write 1,226 DQ Mixed 708 656% 1,005 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 236%
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 49GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 225 206 191 214 208 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 408 Write 283 Mixed 289 SusWrite 213 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 45.7 176% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 160 152% 238 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 91%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 240GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 146 149 149 149 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 156 Mixed 90 SusWrite 148 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2900 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 29.1 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 29.7 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 89%

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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	1,431x
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	529x
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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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