MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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.

High background CPU (24%). 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	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180616
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '20 at 12:03
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	24%

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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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 73.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 260 84% 156 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 715 70% 574 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.3% 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: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3925 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 120 Parallax 135 104% 128 fps	MRender 199 Gravity 120 Splatting 113 114% 144 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 106% 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 474 Write 251 Mixed 228 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 15.3 120% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 83.9 102% 176 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 84%
CT250MX500SSD4 250GB 16,301 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 229GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 451 457 455 461 462 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 456 Mixed 449 SusWrite 451 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 57.7 186% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 276 231% 335 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 793GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 182 183 181 182 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 174 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 181 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
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)	10.6% Very poor	Read 18.4 Write 18.5 Mixed 12.5 SusWrite 18.9 23% 17.1 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.5 96% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.6% 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	68.8% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 19.7 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 92.8 43% 92.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 71%

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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 (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,233 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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	363x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	80x

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	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x
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: 58% - Above average

Total price: $778

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $45	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