MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	116% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '17 at 13:08
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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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 i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 141 2-Core 272 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 747 76% 616 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 145 Parallax 123 108% 134 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 126 Splatting 103 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 111GB free Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3644227 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 67156108646643 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 678 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 113 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 37 47247065113 (C2) HDA temperature 25 37 47247065113 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3644227 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3644227 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3644227 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 80 80 107374182401 (E9) Unknown 0 0 27500 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2210 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2210 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3852 (F4) Unknown 96 96 9568402	66.1% Good	Read 435 Write 120 Mixed 166 52% 240 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 18 125% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 32.8 49% 89.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 73%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 1,447 Write 276 Mixed 275 142% 666 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 13.5 116% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 12.9 62% 133 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 144%
Samsung MZNTY128HDHP-000L1 128GB 1,655 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 35GB free Firmware: MAT23L0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3735 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 352 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 13 (AE) Unknown 99 99 44 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 881 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 37 270583660575 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (E9) Unknown 98 98 16504585 (F1) Unknown 99 99 966 (F2) Unknown 99 99 1189 (F9) Unknown 99 99 1664	111% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 503 Mixed 480 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 29.5 163% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 75.9 105% 195 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 104%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 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 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 96 (03) Spinup time 130 130 42979557881 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 501 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 30 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 33664 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 495 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 522 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 522 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 193274314782 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	71.9% Very good	Read 128 Write 122 Mixed 104 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.41 115% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 82%
Seagate ST31500524AS 1.5TB 130 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 195GB free Firmware: CC13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 4325368 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 952 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 48651334 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8407 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 947 (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 69 56 521863199 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 952 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 42949672991 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 23 4325368 (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 -64141041587373 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1140468806 (F2) Unknown 100 253 971925738	56.1% Above average	Read 95.1 Write 100 Mixed 62.3 64% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.37 100% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-17-17 D4-3000 2x8GB 3,375 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 35.9 MC Mixed 25.9 92% 32 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 25.9 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 101%

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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	362x
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	74x
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	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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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