MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

22 months ago, 22 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '22 at 19:17
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 102 2-Core 200 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 371 50% 373 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% PwrHis(1787 2010) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1002 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Lighting 22.3 Reflection 21.7 Parallax 19.7 18% 21.2 fps	MRender 14.8 Gravity 16.1 Splatting 12.1 12% 14.3 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG4004RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 81 88 35 20 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 398 Write 352 Mixed 292 SusWrite 86.7 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 43.9 4K Mixed 8.5 67% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 35.3 46% 83.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 61%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 272GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 66 67 67 67 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 75.1 Write 74 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 66.2 52% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 67%
Seagate ST8000AS0022-1WL17Z 8TB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 6TB free Firmware: SN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 193 193 193 190 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 104 Write 128 Mixed 63.9 SusWrite 192 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.2 112% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 99%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 250GB 1,518 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 231GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 22 22 22 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 36.1 Write 21.2 Mixed 25.1 SusWrite 22.2 34% 26.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.5 120% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	75.6% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.8 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 22.2 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 85%

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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	556x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	364x
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	70x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	63x
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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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