MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics81.2% 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 Drive164% 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.
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)
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160724
Uptime3 Days
Run DateAug 15 '20 at 05:44
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
85.6% Excellent
Memory 93.6
1-Core 120
2-Core 224
84% 146 Pts
4-Core 419
8-Core 634
65% 526 Pts
64-Core 644
40% 644 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 85.6%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67
Performing below potential (66th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
81.2% Excellent
Lighting 101
Reflection 113
Parallax 95.7
82% 103 fps
MRender 96.6
Gravity 93.9
Splatting 99.7
80% 96.7 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 81.2%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 1TB
681GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFM00.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 230 233 234 231 233 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
164% Outstanding
Read 1,143
Write 1,098
Mixed 978
SusWrite 240
194% 865 MB/s
4K Read 38.5
4K Write 187
4K Mixed 60.1
234% 95.1 MB/s
DQ Read 490
DQ Write 960
DQ Mixed 582
483% 678 MB/s
Poor: 112%
This bench: 164%
Great: 284%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$22
466GB free
Firmware: KC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 120 120 120 120 120 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
69% Good
Read 121
Write 110
Mixed 65.5
SusWrite 120
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 69%
Great: 88%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3067 MHz
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
96.3% Outstanding
MC Read 36.7
MC Write 39
MC Mixed 27.3
98% 34.3 GB/s
SC Read 20.4
SC Write 40
SC Mixed 27.5
84% 29.3 GB/s
Latency 60.7
66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 96.3%
Great: 103%

 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%
Battle cruiser
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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