MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	20.8% 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	238% 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.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '17 at 06:49
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	66%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 786 82% 657 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3176) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1716 MHz, MLim: 1808 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.8% Poor	Lighting 6.07 Reflection 101 Parallax 97.1 5% 68.1 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 88.4 Splatting 80 52% 59.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 302GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 1,838 Write 1,260 Mixed 1,144 313% 1,414 MB/s	4K Read 57.3 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 55.6 230% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 478 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 170 190% 326 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 254%
PNY CS2211 960GB-$289 229 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 183GB free Firmware: CS221017 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7528 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1075 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1676 (AD) Unknown 100 100 458773 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 372 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 2 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7193	98.7% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 493 Mixed 490 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 13.8 122% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 61.9 113% 221 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 111%
PNY CS1211 240GB SSD 754D117-820 877 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 129GB free Firmware: CS121101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 573 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1024 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 57 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 23155 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 97 (E7) Temperature 100 100 33 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3 (EA) Unknown 0 0 36 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5105 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4990	91.5% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 289 Mixed 358 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 34 142% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 67.2 106% 201 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 158787160 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1847 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11115513 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11183 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1839 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 60 588447778 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 346 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4354 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 64424509474 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 15513421884215 (F1) Unknown 100 253 35252708691 (F2) Unknown 100 253 501407665158	93.7% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 147 Mixed 138 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.18 68% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 113%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 781GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 2375 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3024 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17066 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2239 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 588 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2438 (C2) HDA temperature 107 100 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 126 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	101% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 164 Mixed 160 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.24 100% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 3,586 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 34 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 30.1 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 41.6 SC Mixed 29.5 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 114%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 38%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	362x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16