MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.6% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7980
Motherboard	MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 17:10
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 494 67% 500 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Zotac(19DA 2516) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.3% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 114 Parallax 121 96% 118 fps	MRender 173 Gravity 119 Splatting 97 102% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS128GMTS600 128GB 301 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1126KB SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 123 113 86 86 62 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 466 Write 152 Mixed 205 SusWrite 99.1 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 37.5 143% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 132 118% 180 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 90%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 132GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 366 450 425 407 401 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 401 Write 428 Mixed 309 SusWrite 400 87% 384 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 42.4 158% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 159 144% 213 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 105%
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 233GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 321 382 362 360 372 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 380 Write 382 Mixed 331 SusWrite 351 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 37.6 139% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 162 162% 262 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25.4 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 24.6 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 103%

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

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	176x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	134x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	76x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	49x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
Ultra II 960GBSanDisk $226Bench 85%, 35,454 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x
DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 2,314 samples	24x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $464

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16