MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	135% 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	265% 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.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170421
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 03:47
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 251 93% 163 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 769 74% 608 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 204 Parallax 207 156% 201 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 186 Splatting 128 119% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,712 Write 1,231 Mixed 1,367 388% 1,770 MB/s	4K Read 59.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 44.1 212% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 572 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 154 182% 326 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 236%
Intel X25-M 40GB 1,808 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 15GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 44280 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3094 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 981 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 748737 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 84 84 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	32.6% Below average	Read 186 Write 42.1 Mixed 68.8 22% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 7.11 66% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 38.9 DQ Mixed 45 45% 75.3 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 36%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 107152232 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2645 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 8852886628 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29445 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2502 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 98785820671 (BD) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BE) vendor-specific 72 48 638910492 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 948 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 16 16 168210 (C2) HDA temperature 28 52 51539607580 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 356076 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -85010287669025 (F1) Unknown 100 253 108176070319065 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -135110968524509	99.2% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 167 Mixed 130 118% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.41 94% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3333 C16 2x8GB 459 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 28.8 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 41.7 SC Mixed 31.7 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 112%

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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	555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	363x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	74x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16