MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 83%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics94.4% 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 Drive77.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7A12
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)  (all builds)
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180704
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 27 '20 at 16:54
Run Duration136 Seconds
Run User BRA-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
96.7% Outstanding
Memory 96.7
1-Core 147
2-Core 256
94% 167 Pts
4-Core 520
8-Core 816
82% 668 Pts
64-Core 806
50% 806 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 96.7%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
94.4% Outstanding
Lighting 121
Reflection 120
Parallax 124
98% 122 fps
MRender 141
Gravity 105
Splatting 84.2
87% 110 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 94.4%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89
141GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C3FD6SD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 188 105 89 87 88 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
77.3% Very good
Read 465
Write 418
Mixed 323
SusWrite 133
75% 335 MB/s
4K Read 30
4K Write 81.2
4K Mixed 32.7
130% 48 MB/s
DQ Read 241
DQ Write 248
DQ Mixed 113
121% 201 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 77.3%
Great: 88%
Runcore SSD 32GB
29GB free
Firmware: 20110419
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 46 47 45 47 47 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
12.4% Very poor
Read 96.9
Write 35
Mixed 55.4
SusWrite 45.7
13% 58.2 MB/s
4K Read 12.4
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 1.3
21% 4.8 MB/s
Poor: 8%
This bench: 12.4%
Great: 15%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50
223GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 118 117 117 117 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
70.2% Very good
Read 127
Write 75.4
Mixed 69
SusWrite 117
71% 97.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1.1
209% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 70.2%
Great: 77%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
97.1% Outstanding
MC Read 36.8
MC Write 38
MC Mixed 26.7
97% 33.8 GB/s
SC Read 22.6
SC Write 40.8
SC Mixed 30.9
90% 31.4 GB/s
Latency 51.3
78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 97.1%
Great: 94%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,756 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $592
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