MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	78.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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 (37%). 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-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '21 at 17:22
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Memory 75 1-Core 76.4 2-Core 158 60% 103 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 617 55% 466 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A12) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.15% Terrible	Lighting 6.4 Reflection 8.4 Parallax 7.7 5% 7.5 fps	MRender 9.1 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 12.4 8% 9.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.15% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 97.6 Parallax 89.4 82% 96.1 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 91.7 Splatting 77.5 72% 89.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 263 163 167 160 161 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 456 Mixed 363 SusWrite 227 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 61.7 209% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 339 256% 343 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 684GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 449 450 427 440 452 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 462 Mixed 398 SusWrite 444 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 45.5 163% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 357 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 121%
WD WD740GD-00FLA2 74GB 1,363 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 20GB free Firmware: 27.08D27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 66 68 67 67 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 53.6 Write 60.1 Mixed 35.4 SusWrite 67.3 40% 54.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 194% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 39%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 579GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 182 178 181 181 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 129 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 181 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-066.A00G 2x16GB 758 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	70% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 16.9 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 90.3 44% 90.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 78%

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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 Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,760 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,433x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	627x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	530x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	308x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $592

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16