MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.1% 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	110% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	20.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '17 at 19:42
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%
CPU Throttled	99%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 647 66% 536 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gainward(10B0 1B81) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2319 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 123 Parallax 106 99% 117 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 104 Splatting 106 88% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9272 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1981 (B1) Unknown 97 97 56 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 48 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 50 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25045708882	110% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 374 Mixed 408 95% 429 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 48.3 174% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 110 130% 228 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 64GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14209 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2454 (B1) Unknown 93 93 79 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 17 (EB) Unknown 99 99 942 (F1) Unknown 99 99 47853797413	91.4% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 321 Mixed 342 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 27 133% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 84.5 115% 215 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 118%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 774GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896960696 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1203 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6090 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1171 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10238 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10238 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 184684707869 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	88.3% Excellent	Read 169 Write 140 Mixed 135 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.21 79% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/8G 859B BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FAD 859B BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FAD 24GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 29.3 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 41.6 SC Mixed 26.9 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 100%

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Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $88Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	363x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	74x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	36x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $778

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $209	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16