MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 89.8%, 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	78% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '20 at 18:50
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 148 2-Core 264 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 765 76% 620 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 151 Parallax 130 116% 141 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 134 Splatting 111 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 146 141 125 114 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 264 Write 270 Mixed 262 SusWrite 137 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 45 158% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 152 134% 199 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 85%
Liteon L8H-256V2G-HP 256GB 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 22GB free Firmware: 2802 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 200 107 115 100 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 260 Mixed 278 SusWrite 140 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 42.7 162% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 182 160% 240 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 93%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 186GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 159 159 159 159 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 158 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 158 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 461GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 34 36 83 58 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	21% Poor	Read 11.7 Write 11.5 Mixed 0.3 SusWrite 61.8 15% 21.3 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0 6% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 69%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 29GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 21 19 20 21 19 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Read 108 Write 33.7 Mixed 9.8 SusWrite 20.3 44% 43 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 47% 3.67 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 23 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 22.9 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 85%

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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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $592

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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