MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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.
Boot Drive	73.4% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920x1080x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '16 at 20:03
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 277 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 516 65% 495 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1230C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 79 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 216 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 108 (A3) Unknown 100 100 44 (A4) Unknown 100 100 14400 (A5) Unknown 100 100 34 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 7 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 3 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 38569 (F2) Unknown 100 100 38277 (F5) Unknown 100 100 28800	73.4% Very good	Read 488 Write 203 Mixed 238 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 21.9 106% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 48.2 83% 164 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 91%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 483GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 135 3916 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3146 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9935 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2589 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 36511 (C2) HDA temperature 109 108 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.7% Above average	Read 97.4 Write 86.5 Mixed 85.6 68% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.28 4K Mixed 0.21 50% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 85%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 142GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 94 0 (03) Spinup time 73 73 8850 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4498 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 21500 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4424 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 94 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 436 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 54 504430622 (C2) HDA temperature 67 51 571539489 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2216462 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	52.7% Above average	Read 89.5 Write 94 Mixed 87.3 68% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.46 110% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 5,058 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2900 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 31 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 27.1 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 104%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,769 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,440x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	629x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	532x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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	86x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $566

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16