MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47.1% 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	89.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '16 at 13:42
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 96.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 176 77% 127 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 332 37% 290 Pts	64-Core 346 21% 346 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.9% 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 (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.1% Average	Lighting 56.5 Reflection 67.7 Parallax 56.8 46% 60.3 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 58.6 Splatting 52.4 49% 61.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600NS34 256GB 317 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8f Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th 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 4151 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 386 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 565 (A9) Unknown 100 100 262145 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 192 192 51551535167 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 149 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 163210788900 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 32843952384 (EA) Unknown 100 100 44476100288 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13004341028 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11663088081	89.4% Excellent	Read 494 Write 300 Mixed 362 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 25.9 135% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 29.5 85% 182 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.4% 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 as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 188050560 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1384 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 63759487 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21253 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 122 (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 78 43 168075526166 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 80 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 50288 (C2) HDA temperature 22 57 64424509462 (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 -37374805402682 (F1) Unknown 100 253 95048519699738 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -112355160681116	94.4% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 167 Mixed 133 115% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.37 105% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.4% 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 (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 240195728 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1394 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 8637330019 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21234 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 114 (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 82 54 420544530 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 51227 (C2) HDA temperature 18 46 55834574866 (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 84529251359780 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20989695024654 (F2) Unknown 100 253 139146685455120	78.3% Very good	Read 136 Write 137 Mixed 152 107% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.42 116% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.3% 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 as expected (44^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 27.9 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.7% 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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	556x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	364x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $778

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 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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