MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics92.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7A12
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)  (all builds)
Memory27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180704
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 23 '19 at 17:53
Run Duration154 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
89.5% Excellent
Memory 92.3
1-Core 128
2-Core 250
88% 157 Pts
4-Core 468
8-Core 698
72% 583 Pts
64-Core 697
43% 697 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 89.5%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294
CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
92.6% Outstanding
Lighting 120
Reflection 111
Parallax 108
97% 113 fps
MRender 135
Gravity 99.3
Splatting 81.9
83% 105 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 92.6%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
91GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0BB6Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 8,367
Write 7,560
Mixed 8,016
1,782% 7,981 MB/s
4K Read 658
4K Write 348
4K Mixed 444
1,750% 483 MB/s
DQ Read 1,543
DQ Write 1269
DQ Mixed 1,381
1,041% 1,398 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20
68GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 66 66 66 67 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
36.8% Below average
Read 61.7
Write 60.7
Mixed 46.9
SusWrite 66.4
44% 58.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 36.8%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSE.16FD2 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
86.1% Excellent
MC Read 31.3
MC Write 33.2
MC Mixed 27.3
87% 30.6 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 33.7
SC Mixed 25.9
75% 26.1 GB/s
Latency 63.6
63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 85%
This bench: 86.1%
Great: 105%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,778 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) - $127

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $579
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