MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.7% 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	77.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	12.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '24 at 01:44
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (40^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 209 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 649 62% 514 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.7% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 163 Parallax 99.9 83% 122 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 96.1 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 35,237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 132 128 127 123 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 485 Write 286 Mixed 273 SusWrite 138 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 24.6 118% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 210 191% 293 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 127GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 64 22 28 28 26 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 385 Mixed 406 SusWrite 81 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 49 162% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 231 209% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 118%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 53GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 81 83 83 84 83 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 124 Write 26.2 Mixed 33.9 SusWrite 82.7 49% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.3 244% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 75%
Seagate NAS HDD 2TB-$98 3,967 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 514GB free Firmware: SC42 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 104 105 101 108 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 104 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 103 68% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 926GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 168 168 164 166 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 118 Mixed 100 SusWrite 166 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 250% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2800 C16 Series 4x8GB 138 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22.6 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22.5 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	52	25	60	34.1"	1280 720	GSM59F2 LG ULTRAWIDE

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,762 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	1,434x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	628x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	530x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16