MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.4% 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	102% 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, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170503
Uptime	9.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '20 at 01:52
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 150 2-Core 266 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 524 72% 534 Pts	64-Core 481 30% 481 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A12) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7263 Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	3.15% Terrible	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 10.6 Parallax 7.72 0% 6.11 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 6.67 Splatting 14.8 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.15% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 108 Parallax 91.4 86% 102 fps	MRender 89.9 Gravity 95.6 Splatting 96.7 77% 94.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 196 190 192 187 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 447 Mixed 282 SusWrite 206 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 51.7 183% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 250 208% 301 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 56GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 78 78 77 73 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 99 Write 104 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 77.4 63% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 286GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 106 107 107 105 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 93 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 106 58% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.9% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 24.3 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 23.1 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 97%

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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 $40Bench 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