MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (17%). 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.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180616
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '20 at 08:08
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 83.8 1-Core 137 2-Core 250 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 680 72% 573 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C757) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 113 Parallax 129 100% 121 fps	MRender 184 Gravity 115 Splatting 106 107% 135 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221 10,770 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2201000 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 348 Write 287 Mixed 219 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 15.6 127% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 84.2 103% 177 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 84%
CT250MX500SSD4 250GB 16,301 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 229GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 460 459 466 465 467 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 465 Mixed 453 SusWrite 456 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 57.1 192% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 119 157% 284 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 793GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 180 177 181 169 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 37.5 Mixed 73.1 SusWrite 175 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 112%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB 5,796 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID a81d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.2 5.5 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	5.85% Terrible	Read 20.2 Write 4.2 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 5.3 9% 8.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 28% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.85% Great: 9%
Generic- SD/MMC 64GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 59GB free, PID 0111 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Read 18.6 Write 18.9 Mixed 12.5 SusWrite 19.2 23% 17.3 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.5 96% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFRA266.C4FE Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G 859B CT8G4DFRA266.C4FE Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.3% Very good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.6 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 71%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,236 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) - $174

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	556x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	364x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	74x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	70x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	63x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	36x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16