MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% 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	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.

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 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 02:36
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 132 2-Core 273 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 755 75% 613 Pts	64-Core 766 47% 766 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% 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 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 149 Parallax 128 120% 141 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 138 Splatting 109 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% 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 (71^st 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 60 54 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31434465422	111% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 498 Mixed 509 114% 510 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 39.3 171% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 39.4 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 140 123% 173 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 111% 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 (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12431056 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 12180527256962 (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 12431056 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12431056 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12431056 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 206158430208 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2902 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2016 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2016 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1770 (F4) Unknown 100 100 851972	61.4% Good	Read 441 Write 283 Mixed 272 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 24.1 4K Mixed 19 80% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 82.8 DQ Mixed 49.9 40% 53.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 61.4% 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 (90^th 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 171 171 180389740579 (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	105% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 185 Mixed 173 136% 180 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.2 104% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 105% 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% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 23.6 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 88%

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Typical Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980) Builds (Compare 497 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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