MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (99th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 1 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.6% 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	126% 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, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '20 at 11:59
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (99^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 832 83% 678 Pts	64-Core 838 52% 838 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 126 Parallax 108 97% 118 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 110 Splatting 112 91% 111 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 419 472 474 253 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 474 Mixed 456 SusWrite 360 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 60.2 216% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 276 230% 333 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 123%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 191 188 191 191 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 180 Mixed 120 SusWrite 189 128% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,376 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 43.5 MC Mixed 33.7 112% 39.2 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 48.6 SC Mixed 34.2 102% 35.9 GB/s	Latency 47.2 85% 47.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 111%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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