MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 102%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics80.4% 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 Drive274% 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-7A12
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)  (all builds)
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180125
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 19 '21 at 02:57
Run Duration203 Seconds
Run User BRA-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (68th 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 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
98.9% Outstanding
Memory 93.4
1-Core 147
2-Core 294
98% 178 Pts
4-Core 562
8-Core 818
86% 690 Pts
64-Core 822
51% 822 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 98.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
80.4% Excellent
Lighting 98.3
Reflection 114
Parallax 100
80% 104 fps
MRender 96.1
Gravity 98.3
Splatting 101
81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDS500G3XHC-00SJG0 500GB
351GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 102000WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1024 602 626 672 652 705 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
274% Outstanding
Read 2,034
Write 2,263
Mixed 1731
SusWrite 714
378% 1,685 MB/s
4K Read 51
4K Write 198
4K Mixed 78.8
283% 109 MB/s
DQ Read 1,535
DQ Write 1,232
DQ Mixed 1,336
1,013% 1,368 MB/s
Poor: 184%
This bench: 274%
Great: 288%
Corsair Force LS 240GB-$110
125GB free
Firmware: S8FM08.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 377 251 9.4 134 24 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
76.4% Very good
Read 510
Write 388
Mixed 254
SusWrite 195
75% 337 MB/s
4K Read 25.1
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 23.6
122% 49.8 MB/s
DQ Read 142
DQ Write 218
DQ Mixed 70.4
84% 144 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 76.4%
Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70
491GB free
Firmware: CC3E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 58 57 59 58 58 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
37.6% Below average
Read 73.3
Write 52.7
Mixed 55.4
SusWrite 57.6
44% 59.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.9
152% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 37.6%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
74.9% Very good
MC Read 28.5
MC Write 28.6
MC Mixed 20.6
74% 25.9 GB/s
SC Read 19.9
SC Write 30.4
SC Mixed 23.2
70% 24.5 GB/s
Latency 61.3
65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 80%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,760 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) - $127

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $592
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