MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	50.8% 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	58.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '17 at 14:51
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 734 72% 590 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 851A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.8% Above average	Lighting 63 Reflection 66.9 Parallax 59.5 51% 63.1 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 60.9 Splatting 53.5 50% 62 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 89GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3756 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 415 (B1) Unknown 98 98 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 32 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5173536063	82.1% Excellent	Read 489 Write 271 Mixed 277 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 67.2 4K Mixed 29.4 139% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 42.3 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 66.6 61% 89.8 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 123%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24756 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3290 (B1) Unknown 86 86 504 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 451 (F1) Unknown 99 99 55942318532	58.4% Above average	Read 493 Write 235 Mixed 330 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 48.7 4K Mixed 13 78% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 23.1 DQ Write 52.7 DQ Mixed 12.5 17% 29.4 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 76%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 8GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9072 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 963 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 39 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 47 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5678090081	110% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 411 Mixed 418 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 44 176% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 101 109% 189 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 7GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13097 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1364 (B1) Unknown 99 99 20 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 49 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 77 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7706564379	107% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 414 Mixed 421 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 45 179% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 46.2 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 104 92% 131 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Toshiba MK5055GSX 500GB-$33 4,927 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 465GB free Firmware: FG002C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1502 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4590 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 12536 (0A) Spinup retry count 191 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4475 (B7) Unknown 100 100 12 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 49 522125343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1368 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10289309 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 70002 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 7 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2959	39.8% Below average	Read 67.2 Write 71.6 Mixed 66.4 52% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.27 68% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 42%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 305GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 189 178 6516 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5356 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29621 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4092 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 505 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 32 32 505721 (C2) HDA temperature 112 97 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.3% Average	Read 73.6 Write 77.2 Mixed 68.9 55% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.14 65% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-17-17 D4-3200 2x8GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	95.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 27.4 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 41.1 SC Mixed 31.5 91% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 107%

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Gaming 45%

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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	80x

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 $94Bench 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 $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16