MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.1% 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	287% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	12.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '20 at 04:44
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$122 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 254 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 501 69% 513 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 141 Parallax 131 102% 132 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 126 Splatting 106 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 351GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 848 654 656 656 650 654 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	287% Outstanding	Read 2535 Write 2,370 Mixed 1,674 SusWrite 686 406% 1,816 MB/s	4K Read 65.9 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 89.4 301% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,230 DQ Write 1,038 DQ Mixed 1,118 842% 1,129 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 287% Great: 340%
PNY CS1211 240GB SSD 754D117-820 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 94 95 93 93 94 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 100 Write 93 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 93.2 21% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 3% 1 MB/s

WDC WD15EARS-00MVWB0 240GB 121GB free Firmware: CS121101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 302 301 302 301 303 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 461 Write 302 Mixed 288 SusWrite 302 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 41.5 154% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 182 163% 246 MB/s

Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 999GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 145 145 143 144 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 135 Write 106 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 143 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C16-8GVRB 04CD F4-3200C16-8GVKB 04CD F4-3200C16-8GVRB 04CD F4-3200C16-8GVKB 32GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 35.9 112% 39.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 45.5 SC Mixed 32.1 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) - $127

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,451x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	632x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	167x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	535x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	330x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	312x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
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	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	88x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $612

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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