MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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 Drive	96.6% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	38 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	12 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '22 at 08:25
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 248 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 671 67% 546 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37C2) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 110 Parallax 130 104% 122 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 124 Splatting 102 98% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 234 88 81 82 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 416 Mixed 356 SusWrite 169 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 75 4K Mixed 49.7 162% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$200 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 209GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 213 160 162 155 159 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 458 Mixed 393 SusWrite 217 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 44.9 147% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 122%
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$149 41,734 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 995GB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 463 466 464 480 478 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 463 Mixed 409 SusWrite 467 103% 455 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 47.9 158% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 128%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 124 123 127 125 125 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 137 Write 136 Mixed 32.6 SusWrite 124 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 92%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 231GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 100 99 101 98 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 110 Write 74.9 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 98.8 68% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 Kingston KHX2666C15D4/8G 029E CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 Kingston KHX2666C15D4/8G 48GB 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	87.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 28.3 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 37.3 SC Mixed 27.2 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,757 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,432x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	627x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	530x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	308x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $592

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16