MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150902
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '22 at 04:03
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (27^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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 232 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 614 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Xe Graphics 3 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Intel(8086 1020) 1GB Driver: <> Ver. 30.0.101.1002 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.5% Above average	Lighting 41.1 Reflection 63 Parallax 211 34% 105 fps	MRender 154 Gravity 194 Splatting 1 83% 116 fps
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$120 24,278 User benchmarks, average bench 287% 113GB free Firmware: P4CR Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1580 957 1021 716 715 698 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	160% Outstanding	Read 1,167 Write 1,668 Mixed 1,196 SusWrite 948 282% 1,245 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 29.6 106% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 698 DQ Mixed 477 372% 497 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 370%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 593GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 110 119 120 123 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 68 Write 47.3 Mixed 21.4 SusWrite 113 45% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 26% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 109%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 223GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 61 62 62 62 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 58 Write 60.9 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 62 43% 57.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.3% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.6 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 23.8 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	363x
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	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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