MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% 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	67.2% 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.

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Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '19 at 18:10
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 way below expectations (15^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 209 83% 142 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 415 47% 367 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Asus(1043 04E2) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 110 Parallax 252 109% 165 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 132 Splatting 153 111% 132 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 103 105 103 120 123 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 287 Write 204 Mixed 218 SusWrite 112 46% 205 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 35.5 134% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 169 129% 173 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 894GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 162 166 165 162 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 172 Mixed 104 SusWrite 166 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 228% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-3000 4x4GB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	74.8% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.2 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 20.5 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 110%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,233 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	555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	363x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	80x

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	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16