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MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% 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.
Boot Drive	197% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 31 '17 at 13:16
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$134 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 684 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 201 Parallax 195 153% 195 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 180 Splatting 129 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$150 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,849 Write 688 Mixed 971 256% 1,169 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 47.9 209% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 542 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 176 191% 327 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 243%
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 29GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1792 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1148 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 52 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 53 201864445984 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1138164701 (F7) Unknown 100 100 35653210 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2038700	110% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 465 Mixed 491 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 35.9 151% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 65.8 124% 247 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 16GB free Firmware: 000F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6619 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2333 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 74 (AE) Unknown 100 100 176 (B5) Unknown 100 100 12111866496900 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 83 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	69.1% Good	Read 501 Write 190 Mixed 279 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 5.77 108% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 6.48 50% 121 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 72%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$21 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 647GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 176489840 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 295 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 27175223 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 297 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 63 589430818 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 340 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 81604378658 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 64823941399662 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14435149425 (F2) Unknown 100 253 46811886782
Poor: 43% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$23 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 643GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 109086024 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1664 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4335155037 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6403 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1499 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 538902560 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 208418 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 73014444064 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 93028991637077 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12702895810 (F2) Unknown 100 253 43601381346
Poor: 55% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$38 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23.8 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 88%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $134Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,507x
Core i5-6600KIntel $97Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	646x
Core i7-6700Intel $134Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	176x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	549x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	337x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	324x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	129x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	121x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	132x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	97x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	92x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $658

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $285	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $146
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $372	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $239	Nvidia RTX 4070 $278	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350