MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78% 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	117% 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.

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	23.8 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	1.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '21 at 21:06
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 219 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 638 64% 519 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.5% 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 (93^rd percentile)	6% Terrible	Lighting 6.5 Reflection 8.5 Parallax 7.7 5% 7.57 fps	MRender 9.2 Gravity 6.7 Splatting 10.5 7% 8.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3100 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78% Very good	Lighting 99.7 Reflection 97 Parallax 96.8 81% 97.8 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 90.6 Splatting 76.8 72% 89.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 363 345 320 162 152 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 425 Mixed 368 SusWrite 297 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 59.7 206% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 342 257% 343 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 683GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 452 442 422 440 444 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 430 Mixed 374 SusWrite 440 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 50.1 180% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 338 255% 342 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 121%
WD WD740GD-00FLA2 74GB 1,363 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 20GB free Firmware: 27.08D27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 67 67 67 67 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	28.3% Poor	Read 30.6 Write 58.1 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 67.4 34% 47 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.2 210% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 39%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 578GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 180 179 179 179 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 141 Mixed 81 SusWrite 180 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 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 as expected (58^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 22.6 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 78%

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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 $40Bench 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 $179	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) $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