MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	41.7% 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	108% 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	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.

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.

System	MSI MS-7980
Motherboard	MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '18 at 02:33
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 271 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 750 76% 614 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.7% Average	Lighting 46.8 Reflection 53.5 Parallax 44.5 38% 48.3 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 47.3 Splatting 61.7 48% 59.1 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$182 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 298GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5756 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 585 (B1) Unknown 99 99 56 (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 61 54 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31425633505	108% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 497 Mixed 507 114% 510 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 33.6 163% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 39.4 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 27.6 69% 136 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 276GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8996576 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -73297911868030 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 467 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 32 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 45 73017393186 (C2) HDA temperature 34 45 73017393186 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8996576 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8996576 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8996576 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 206158430208 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2899 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2014 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2014 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1768 (F4) Unknown 100 100 786436	62.2% Good	Read 477 Write 257 Mixed 297 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 22.4 4K Mixed 16.8 76% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 79.8 DQ Mixed 48.5 51% 86.4 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 65%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789595948 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4186 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5728 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 584 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4186 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4186 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 180389740578 (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	107% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 178 Mixed 172 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.19 92% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.7 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 25.1 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 88%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	178x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	138x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	77x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	50x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	45x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
Ultra II 960GBSanDisk $100Bench 85%, 35,454 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	25x
DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 2,314 samples	24x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $587

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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