MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.8% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 00:10
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 225 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 656 65% 532 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 0428) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	30.3% Below average	Lighting 38.8 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 48.2 32% 38.6 fps	MRender 27.7 Gravity 36.6 Splatting 36 28% 33.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD320 256GB-$419 137 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 37GB free Firmware: 5.0.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2639659 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -126838974175038 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4432 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 265 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 79 1090926870560 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2639659 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2639659 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2639659 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4841 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6338 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6338 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11950	55.5% Above average	Read 202 Write 173 Mixed 143 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 15.5 104% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 49.5 65% 117 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 92%
Mushkin MKNSSDCR180GB 180GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8104205 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 2293512546948 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4574 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 307 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 31 44 60132425759 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 60132425759 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8104205 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8104205 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8104205 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17026 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18282 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18282 (F2) Unknown 0 0 30852	41.8% Average	Read 443 Write 103 Mixed 173 52% 240 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 11.9 4K Mixed 11.3 47% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 41.9 DQ Mixed 33.7 37% 65.4 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 72%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$33 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 168 4441 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6190 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14345 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6092 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 239 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5950 (C2) HDA temperature 109 99 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	60.2% Good	Read 110 Write 99.2 Mixed 94.9 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 76%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 269GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 164138944 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2373 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20018035 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4475 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2032 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 51 623116325 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14493 (C2) HDA temperature 37 49 73014444069 (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 -4685809314293 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13495877854 (F2) Unknown 100 253 792980351563	84.9% Excellent	Read 123 Write 172 Mixed 102 98% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 5.39 4K Mixed 0.58 188% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 42.7 MC Mixed 32.5 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 42.4 SC Mixed 29.9 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) - $127

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,446x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	631x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	166x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	533x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	328x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	312x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	87x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $578

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16