MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	91.3% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). 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	41.7 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '19 at 09:31
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 750 75% 611 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 143 Parallax 123 113% 135 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 132 Splatting 109 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0330AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 106 52 54 51 45 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 433 Mixed 392 SusWrite 84.2 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 47.8 168% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 245 204% 293 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 218GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 89 89 89 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 174 Write 148 Mixed 93 SusWrite 89.3 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 231% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3000C16-16GISB 04CB DDR4 3000 2OZ 04CD F4-3000C16-16GISB 04CB DDR4 3000 2OZ 48GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 23.7 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 72%

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

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,781 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	1,448x
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	534x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	329x
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 $40Bench 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	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