MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.4% 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	48.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170503
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 02:56
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 79 1-Core 145 2-Core 269 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 535 60% 468 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1543 MHz, MLim: 1908 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.4% Very good	Lighting 95.6 Reflection 104 Parallax 94.7 78% 98.1 fps	MRender 89.5 Gravity 89.2 Splatting 81 70% 86.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 65GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14159 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1430 (B1) Unknown 97 97 32 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 43 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 291 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6189577100	72% Very good	Read 510 Write 130 Mixed 110 54% 250 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 10.3 120% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 28.8 74% 163 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 73%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10190 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1502 (B1) Unknown 90 90 121 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 38 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 797 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29297831230	48.2% Average	Read 471 Write 24 Mixed 45.4 38% 180 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 36.7 4K Mixed 5.39 72% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 36.6 DQ Mixed 9.25 50% 122 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 108%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 810GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 6 (03) Spinup time 178 169 4091 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3835 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18860 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 600 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 198 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15720 (C2) HDA temperature 111 103 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	67.9% Good	Read 126 Write 110 Mixed 115 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.19 89% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 86%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1TB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 105 Write 103 Mixed 60.9 111% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.13 56% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-17-17 D4-3000 1x8GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 16.5 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 12.5 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 82.4 48% 82.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 55%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,778 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

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	1,445x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $579

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16