MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160512
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '17 at 22:46
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 258 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 745 74% 601 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Lighting 70.1 Reflection 69.7 Parallax 62.5 57% 67.4 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 64.8 Splatting 55.9 52% 64.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 26196972 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -15144054680164 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1106 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 86 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 42 1017910001693 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 1017910001693 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 26196972 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 26196972 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 26196972 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11687 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8072 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8072 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13990	89% Excellent	Read 516 Write 241 Mixed 312 78% 356 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 24.1 146% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 84.1 109% 195 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 94%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 38GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2627 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 344 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 37 (B4) Unknown 0 0 5566 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 51 210454315043 (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 3558956246 (F7) Unknown 100 100 111265244 (F8) Unknown 100 100 26430152	82% Excellent	Read 520 Write 223 Mixed 267 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 26.9 133% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 35.2 68% 134 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 105%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 760GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 65538 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 110 (03) Spinup time 121 121 25790251323 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4963 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14972 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3177 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 4964 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 4964 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 223339085854 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 7 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	66.8% Good	Read 117 Write 116 Mixed 117 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.32 83% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 74%
Samsung SP2504C 250GB-$29 14,402 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 115GB free Firmware: VT100-49 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 95 8 (03) Spinup time 253 253 6080 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17663 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16255 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4995 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 5701632 (BE) vendor-specific 157 94 27 (C2) HDA temperature 157 94 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 316678 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	29.8% Poor	Read 52.8 Write 50.9 Mixed 49.1 38% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.25 63% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C14 2x8GB 455 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 26.9 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 30.6 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 47.3 85% 47.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 114%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,440x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	629x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	532x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	86x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $566

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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16