MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	17.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170503
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '20 at 13:55
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 153 2-Core 310 100% 185 Pts	4-Core 603 8-Core 608 81% 605 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2253 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Lighting 86.6 Reflection 85.3 Parallax 74.2 70% 82 fps	MRender 81.2 Gravity 78.9 Splatting 77.2 65% 79.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 212 77 75 75 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 420 Mixed 367 SusWrite 143 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 51.1 178% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 240 202% 291 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 95%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 570GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 90 90 91 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	50% Average	Read 83.9 Write 92.8 Mixed 50 SusWrite 90.1 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 59%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 409GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 130 129 132 132 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 136 Write 129 Mixed 22.1 SusWrite 127 74% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD2 Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G 859B BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD2 Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 30.9 98% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 29.7 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 100%

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

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,790 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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,453x
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 $85Bench 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: 75% - Very good

Total price: $709

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	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 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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