MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 115%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 98%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics132% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive346% 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.
Memory32GB 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 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)
Memory26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180704
Uptime4.9 Days
Run DateAug 23 '22 at 07:01
Run Duration247 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd 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 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
86.5% Excellent
Memory 87.8
1-Core 123
2-Core 227
83% 146 Pts
4-Core 459
8-Core 673
71% 566 Pts
64-Core 665
41% 665 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466
CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.77
Performing below potential (61st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
132% Outstanding
Lighting 179
Reflection 178
Parallax 199
146% 185 fps
MRender 203
Gravity 156
Splatting 129
129% 163 fps
Poor: 116%
This bench: 132%
Great: 139%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95
702GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1470 1392 1459 1482 1476 1471 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
346% Outstanding
Read 2638
Write 2,454
Mixed 1889
SusWrite 1,458
473% 2,110 MB/s
4K Read 68.4
4K Write 170
4K Mixed 95.3
316% 111 MB/s
DQ Read 1,359
DQ Write 1,046
DQ Mixed 1,187
892% 1,198 MB/s
Poor: 188%
This bench: 346%
Great: 410%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120
223GB free
Firmware: SAFM00.U
SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 492 491 493 492 489 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
117% Outstanding
Read 504
Write 500
Mixed 334
SusWrite 492
103% 457 MB/s
4K Read 33.2
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 43.8
168% 64.6 MB/s
DQ Read 360
DQ Write 351
DQ Mixed 69.3
131% 260 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 117%
Great: 111%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80
2.5TB free
Firmware: MX6OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 181 176 181 181 179 MB/s
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 182
Mixed 21.2
SusWrite 178
101% 140 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 103%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR4 2800 2OZ 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 04CB DDR4 2800 2OZ 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 32GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.5% Very good
MC Read 26.4
MC Write 28.4
MC Mixed 23.1
74% 26 GB/s
SC Read 18.3
SC Write 30.8
SC Mixed 24.3
70% 24.5 GB/s
Latency 69.7
57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 72%
This bench: 74.5%
Great: 82%

 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 2,761 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: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $577
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