MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	58.4% 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	84.8% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '17 at 20:06
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing way below expectations (13^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 1.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	49.1% Average	Memory 75.6 1-Core 54 2-Core 74.3 46% 68 Pts	4-Core 130 8-Core 154 18% 142 Pts	64-Core 116 7% 116 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	58.4% Above average	Lighting 60.9 Reflection 91.2 Parallax 92.4 50% 81.5 fps	MRender 91.7 Gravity 87 Splatting 96 75% 91.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 192GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4045 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 559 (64) Unknown 100 100 571584 (65) Unknown 100 100 191680 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 84 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2456 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 100 1005023133724 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 882 (EA) Unknown 100 100 635 (F1) Unknown 100 100 763 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4161 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	58.3% Above average	Read 475 Write 252 Mixed 134 63% 287 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 29.8 4K Mixed 10.7 65% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 70.5 DQ Mixed 28.5 44% 87 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 92%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 688 Write 305 Mixed 431 104% 475 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 30.5 106% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 53.5 60% 103 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 107%
WD Red 5TB (2014)-$58 1,098 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 206 195 8683 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 621 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4081 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 618 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1159 (C2) HDA temperature 120 103 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	61.7% Good	Read 117 Write 97.6 Mixed 92.3 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.2 79% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x4GB 925 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	30.1% Below average	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 7.5 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 10.1 25% 8.9 GB/s	Latency 89.2 45% 89.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 98%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,756 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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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	1,431x
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	529x
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