MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	119% 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	119% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7980
Motherboard	MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161230
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '17 at 23:51
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 280 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 543 72% 542 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2779 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 165 Parallax 143 133% 157 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 151 Splatting 119 107% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 448 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 191 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 44 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 96 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2214903392	119% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 414 Mixed 417 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 48.3 192% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 116 143% 254 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 240GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 172706968 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1887 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 128579146 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15078 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1693 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 416 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 60 52 9296281640 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 443 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 230250 (C2) HDA temperature 40 48 -140737488355288 (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 99973953760710 (F1) Unknown 100 253 52558725184 (F2) Unknown 100 253 80963562397	72.9% Very good	Read 105 Write 149 Mixed 121 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.3 91% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 7,485 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27.8 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 25.3 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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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	135x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	77x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	49x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x
DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 2,314 samples	24x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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