MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 161% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 124% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	206% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	22.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '22 at 07:20
Run Duration	305 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 221 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 425 59% 436 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080 12GB 54,181 User benchmarks, average bench 192% Asus(1043 886E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Lighting 300 Reflection 270 Parallax 307 245% 292 fps	MRender 366 Gravity 246 Splatting 184 207% 265 fps
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 211%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 75GB free Firmware: 527ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 189 192 201 193 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 388 Write 248 Mixed 284 SusWrite 193 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 39 152% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 224 176% 244 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 85%
Adata Premier Pro SP920 256GB-$203 2,823 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 52GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 130 127 115 126 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 482 Write 346 Mixed 303 SusWrite 151 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 38.9 145% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 163 172% 284 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 99%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 85 96 114 101 88 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 71.8 Write 79.2 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 95.9 54% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.1 65% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 68%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 106GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 51 52 52 52 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 70.6 Write 75.3 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 51.5 52% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 67%
Seagate ST9100828AS 100GB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 85GB free Firmware: 3.ALC SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 37 37 37 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 34.2 Write 31.7 Mixed 25.4 SusWrite 37.9 24% 32.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 105% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 23%
Samsung HD103UI 1TB 1,652 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 458GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 66 66 67 67 67 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 70.5 Write 41.8 Mixed 40.3 SusWrite 66.9 40% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 51%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 459GB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 35.3 Write 30 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 40.4 26% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 191% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 67%
External USB3.0 750GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 208GB free, PID 0578 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 36 37 37 37 36 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 39 Write 35.9 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 36.2 48% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 60% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 38%
WD My Passport Essential USB 3.0 500GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 42GB free, PID 0730 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 55 55 55 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 48.2 Write 40.8 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 55 60% 44.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 32GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.5% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 24.9 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 22.7 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 102%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,781 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,448x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	631x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	166x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	534x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	329x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	312x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	87x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $582

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	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) $29	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