MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	49.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '16 at 00:21
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$130 342,244 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 (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 500 67% 499 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 853F) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.8% Average	Lighting 61.4 Reflection 66.1 Parallax 58.8 50% 62.1 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 55.4 Splatting 56.2 49% 61 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600NS34 256GB 317 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8f Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4141 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 373 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 532 (A9) Unknown 100 100 262145 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 192 192 47256371262 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 144 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 154620788772 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 32584941056 (EA) Unknown 100 100 43849408128 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12825261063 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11499272212	82% Excellent	Read 491 Write 294 Mixed 360 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 22 126% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 21.7 60% 118 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 226438936 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1368 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 63609260 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21241 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 109 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 43 168009007134 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 50204 (C2) HDA temperature 30 57 64424509470 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 46639049874370 (F1) Unknown 100 253 93490515689056 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -113052493044551	85.5% Excellent	Read 130 Write 168 Mixed 120 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.24 76% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 201767968 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1378 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 8637293249 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21221 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 101 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 4295032841 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 54 454688794 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 51134 (C2) HDA temperature 26 46 55834574874 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -107825153958878 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20598080703597 (F2) Unknown 100 253 139077942227801	80.6% Excellent	Read 141 Write 140 Mixed 119 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.29 73% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB 4,860 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 29.4 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 29.3 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,236 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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	556x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	364x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	74x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	70x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	63x
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: 59% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16