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MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	20.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '21 at 20:46
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$165 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 664 67% 543 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.8% Average	Lighting 57.9 Reflection 69.3 Parallax 62.4 47% 63.2 fps	MRender 66.5 Gravity 62 Splatting 54.2 49% 60.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
LDLC 128GB 660 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6B SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 151 154 153 150 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 464 Write 144 Mixed 170 SusWrite 144 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 11 116% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 63.8 71% 120 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$46 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 173GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 117 117 116 115 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 132 Write 98.3 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 116 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.5% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 14.6 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 97%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,883 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 $165Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,506x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	646x
Core i7-6700Intel $165Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	176x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	549x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	337x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	324x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	129x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	121x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	132x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	97x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	92x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $689

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Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $372	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $240	Nvidia RTX 4070 $278	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $397