MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (49%). 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	6.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	18.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '19 at 04:03
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 246 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 411 56% 416 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 3FED) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 116 Parallax 121 102% 121 fps	MRender 171 Gravity 114 Splatting 93.8 99% 126 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3 512G 512GB 10,855 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 188GB free Firmware: 40101000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 298 309 363 341 326 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 336 Write 326 Mixed 232 SusWrite 327 69% 305 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 36.2 129% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 260 220% 322 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 119%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 344GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 139 106 107 118 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 81.3 Write 55 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 119 51% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 107%
hp x900w 64GB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 48GB free, PID 8140 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 12 21 8.9 12 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	4.33% Terrible	Read 9.5 Write 13.2 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 13 18% 12.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 2% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 4.33% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400 C15 Series 2x8GB 4,460 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.1% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.8 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 20.2 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 89%

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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 2,761 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	1,433x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	628x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	530x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $577

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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