MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 141% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 119% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	137% 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	297% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '20 at 10:12
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 792 86% 683 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2878 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 195 Reflection 200 Parallax 201 159% 199 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 193 Splatting 128 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0118C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 459 511 517 522 517 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	297% Outstanding	Read 2,614 Write 1,681 Mixed 1,323 SusWrite 503 339% 1,530 MB/s	4K Read 73.1 4K Write 213 4K Mixed 103 355% 130 MB/s	DQ Read 1447 DQ Write 877 DQ Mixed 498 549% 941 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 297% Great: 311%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 107GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 254 212 191 189 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 446 Mixed 406 SusWrite 221 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 59.9 212% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 235 211% 320 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 268GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 145 152 151 152 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 154 Mixed 95.8 SusWrite 151 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 30.2 100% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 41.8 SC Mixed 30.4 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 105%

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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 $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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 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 $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