MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.33% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	114% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (39%). 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-7980
Motherboard	MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980) (all builds)
Memory	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180625
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '21 at 22:26
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 228 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 635 63% 514 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% EVGA(3842 3667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2385 MHz, MLim: 4050 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	3.33% Terrible	Lighting 2 Reflection 1.9 Parallax 15.5 2% 6.47 fps	MRender 0.3 Gravity 17.1 Splatting 6.8 7% 8.07 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 3.33% Great: 136%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 2TB-$155 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 446GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 397 423 407 435 418 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 440 Mixed 386 SusWrite 414 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 50 170% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 296 240% 340 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 8,488 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.9% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 22.1 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 21.1 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 89%

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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 Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980) Builds (Compare 490 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	176x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	134x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	76x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	49x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
Ultra II 960GBSanDisk $226Bench 85%, 35,454 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x
DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 2,314 samples	24x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $443

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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16