MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics89.8% 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 Drive246% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7984
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)  (all builds)
Memory10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150714
Uptime3 Days
Run DateMar 23 '21 at 12:19
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User ISR-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
89.5% Excellent
Memory 96.3
1-Core 128
2-Core 249
89% 158 Pts
4-Core 446
8-Core 687
70% 567 Pts
64-Core 677
42% 677 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 89.5%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.2.2
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
89.8% Excellent
Lighting 117
Reflection 110
Parallax 193
95% 140 fps
MRender 92.2
Gravity 127
Splatting 76.6
79% 98.6 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 89.8%
Great: 94%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
92GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 563 421 391 383 380 373 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
246% Outstanding
Read 2,020
Write 1514
Mixed 1,344
SusWrite 418
295% 1,324 MB/s
4K Read 59.2
4K Write 150
4K Mixed 81.9
274% 96.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1320
DQ Write 1,121
DQ Mixed 1,197
903% 1,213 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 246%
Great: 340%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
202GB free
Firmware: 603ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 132 132 131 119 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
67.1% Good
Read 266
Write 205
Mixed 208
SusWrite 131
45% 203 MB/s
4K Read 23.5
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 36.8
136% 53.5 MB/s
DQ Read 84.8
DQ Write 210
DQ Mixed 170
123% 155 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 67.1%
Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48
434GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 140 142 142 142 142 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
91.9% Outstanding
Read 179
Write 145
Mixed 86.2
SusWrite 141
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.2
239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 91.9%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3466 C16 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3100 MHz
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
58% Above average
MC Read 21
MC Write 20.6
MC Mixed 16
55% 19.2 GB/s
SC Read 16.7
SC Write 21.6
SC Mixed 18.8
54% 19 GB/s
Latency 53
76% 53 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 58%
Great: 68%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,228 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 38%
Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) - $174

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $778
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HDDRAMUSB
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