MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	100% 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	148% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7980
Motherboard	MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180625
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '21 at 10:02
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$81 342,244 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)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 280 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 536 73% 546 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E426) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.3.2 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 148 Parallax 195 103% 156 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 135 Splatting 97.7 94% 117 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket nano 512GB 231 User benchmarks, average bench 178% 233GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT301.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 397 405 244 393 392 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 724 Write 384 Mixed 450 SusWrite 371 107% 483 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 49.6 229% 95.4 MB/s	DQ Read 855 DQ Write 391 DQ Mixed 92.7 210% 446 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 243%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 122GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 417 261 224 211 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 461 Mixed 349 SusWrite 294 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 49.4 180% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 254 215% 314 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%
Sandisk S3 1T00 1TB 12,396 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 244GB free Firmware: 401120RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 466 465 461 450 441 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 463 Mixed 396 SusWrite 459 100% 441 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 55.3 197% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 252 216% 319 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 182GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 133 137 137 136 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 133 Write 102 Mixed 62.9 SusWrite 136 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2520 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 27.6 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 28.6 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 88%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	176x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	134x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	76x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	49x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x
DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 2,314 samples	24x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $464

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 $184	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