MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	222% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160512
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '16 at 19:46
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$170 588,978 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 (99^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 141 2-Core 281 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 770 78% 631 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04FB) CLim: 1330 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.12.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Lighting 66.5 Reflection 61.7 Parallax 82 54% 70.1 fps	MRender 63.9 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 54.7 49% 60.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 223GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 345 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 208 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 26 100 64426803226 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 10 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 81535 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 31 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 81535 (F2) Unknown 100 100 37450 (F9) Unknown 100 100 7309	90.3% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 236 Mixed 298 77% 352 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 28.8 153% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 66.2 93% 171 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 95%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 2,012 Write 921 Mixed 1,195 302% 1,376 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 206 4K Mixed 49.4 236% 99 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 425 DQ Mixed 136 157% 262 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 230%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 618GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 110535352 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4855 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13737414 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4876 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2359 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 61 249545490458 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 385 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22353 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 -140737488355302 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -8070243547284 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11066874612 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15314143882	99.9% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 168 Mixed 133 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.27 84% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	82% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 25.1 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 27.8 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 95%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,454x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	632x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	167x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	536x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	330x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	312x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	128x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	89x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	88x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $718

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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