MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.3% 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	132% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170503
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '20 at 02:03
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 90.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 761 78% 630 Pts	64-Core 753 47% 753 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 97.7 92% 109 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 100 Splatting 103 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 238GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 472 465 450 448 447 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 450 Mixed 361 SusWrite 461 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 66.5 223% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$38 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 277GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 105 105 105 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 163 Write 118 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 105 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 108%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 8GB 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 8GB free, PID 007a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 24.4 Mixed 4.2 12% 14.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 25% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 22.9 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 32.9 SC Mixed 24.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 90%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,772 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,441x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	631x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	532x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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	86x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $575

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16