MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	138% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170421
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 00:55
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 273 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 765 77% 623 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Lighting 84.1 Reflection 80.2 Parallax 69.6 68% 77.9 fps	MRender 71.8 Gravity 73.6 Splatting 74.5 60% 73.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 1,533 Write 321 Mixed 661 182% 838 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 48.2 157% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.6 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 24.3 63% 123 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 141%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 840GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 89709216 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 888 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 292159834 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2316 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 865 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 61 488177691 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 257 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1946 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 38654705691 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -38912403699459 (F1) Unknown 100 253 60133690193 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1572133467203	87.6% Excellent	Read 195 Write 111 Mixed 131 109% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.18 50% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 56GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 168544782 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 96 2213 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 331167027 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7910 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1960 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 202 (BC) Unknown 100 97 51540787335 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 555352095 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 60129542175 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 24 168544782 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 506 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 36915243921917 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2186376836 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1712118824	50.2% Above average	Read 89.5 Write 85.4 Mixed 65.4 60% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.38 89% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 68%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 39GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 81 242931845 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3166 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 28 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 8896010609 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5575 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1561 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 651 (BC) Unknown 100 66 249112035558 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 521732125 (C2) HDA temperature 29 45 51539607581 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 41 242931845 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 12665858565236 (F1) Unknown 100 253 46282088 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1620569361	42.5% Average	Read 72.4 Write 75.7 Mixed 70 55% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.36 74% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 41.4 MC Mixed 32.2 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 32 96% 33.5 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

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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	554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	360x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	73x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	61x
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 $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 $182	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