MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	80.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '23 at 20:09
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 78.1 1-Core 90.7 2-Core 176 67% 115 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 488 49% 398 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 535.98 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 107 Parallax 97.8 82% 102 fps	MRender 91.6 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 93.8 78% 94.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT1000P3SSD8 1TB 44,174 User benchmarks, average bench 268% 231GB free (System drive) Firmware: P9CR30A SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 66 375 70 70 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 1,730 Write 2,016 Mixed 565 SusWrite 149 248% 1,115 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 7 92% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 426 DQ Write 69.9 DQ Mixed 130 125% 208 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 394%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 340GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 94 93 93 93 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 96.2 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 92.7 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 62%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 550GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 108 108 108 108 106 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 123 Write 117 Mixed 71.9 SusWrite 107 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43BB1-CPB 4x8GB 760 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	70.3% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.8 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 17 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 84.2 48% 84.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 95%

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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	553x
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	222x
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 $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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