MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	89.6% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7980
Motherboard	MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160726
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '20 at 15:08
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^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 (100^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 141 2-Core 280 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 775 82% 655 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% MSI(1462 3812) ≥ 4GB; MSI RADEON RX 5700 XT Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.1.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 115 Parallax 254 113% 169 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 134 Splatting 159 114% 136 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 104%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY4 512GB 145 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 415GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 368 383 383 383 383 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 229 Write 393 Mixed 225 SusWrite 370 69% 304 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 33.5 151% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 208 177% 256 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 22.6 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 25.6 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 88%

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

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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 $88Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	135x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	77x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	49x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x
DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 2,314 samples	24x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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