MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	61.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	17.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151216
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '20 at 17:47
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 271 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 466 58% 442 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Zotac(19DA 4509); ZT-T20710E-10M CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	108% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 134 Parallax 134 113% 136 fps	MRender 173 Gravity 121 Splatting 99.2 104% 131 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 75 86 88 83 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 248 Write 126 Mixed 180 SusWrite 80.6 35% 159 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 94.5 4K Mixed 36 137% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 93 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 80.4 69% 99.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 120GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 109 112 110 111 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 191 Write 190 Mixed 84 SusWrite 110 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C15D4/4G KHX2666C16/8G KHX2666C15D4/4G KHX2666C16/8G 24GB 228 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	82.6% Excellent	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27.7 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 99%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,231 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) - $174

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	362x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	74x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	36x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $778

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