MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	60.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '19 at 01:14
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 125 2-Core 245 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 676 66% 543 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 3FEB) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 142 Parallax 142 120% 144 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 128 Splatting 105 108% 136 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 123%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A12) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7000 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.16% Terrible	Lighting 7.37 Reflection 11 Parallax 7.59 6% 8.65 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 6.87 Splatting 15.1 9% 11 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.16% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 52 38 38 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 435 Write 67.2 Mixed 128 SusWrite 54.5 37% 171 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 25.4 112% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 86.4 DQ Mixed 112 89% 127 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 121%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 150GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 749 606 604 517 438 344 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 1,053 Write 862 Mixed 591 SusWrite 543 170% 762 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 56.1 191% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 456 DQ Write 500 DQ Mixed 441 342% 466 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 313%
WD WD10SPZX-00HKTT0 1TB 294,991 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 931GB free Firmware: 04.01A04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 119 121 121 122 121 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 26% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBR2 859B BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 16GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.1% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 21.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 21.8 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 87%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,778 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	1,445x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	631x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	166x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	533x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	328x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	312x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	87x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $582

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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