MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58% 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	112% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150902
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '18 at 01:14
Run Duration	306 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 248 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 480 62% 469 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 36E1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1541 MHz, MLim: 1774 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58% Above average	Lighting 74.1 Reflection 70.7 Parallax 63.3 60% 69.4 fps	MRender 76.3 Gravity 66.2 Splatting 56.6 53% 66.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6397 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 907 (B1) Unknown 95 95 102 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 49 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 35 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33945461500	112% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 410 Mixed 416 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 88 4K Mixed 47.1 174% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 105 131% 235 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 695GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 58323659 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3015 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 47 47 7262881063965 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 20048 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3015 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 67 45 555483169 (C2) HDA temperature 33 55 55834574881 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 19 58323659 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 81484119566755 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1672375290 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2054846074	54.5% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 93.4 Mixed 95.1 72% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.42 89% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 547GB free Firmware: CC4D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 241127080 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7926 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 64556584533 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19535 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2456 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 45 505151518 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 142 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45088 (C2) HDA temperature 30 55 55834574878 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -94802813117836 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11720998480687 (F2) Unknown 100 253 35261922317248	65.5% Good	Read 114 Write 114 Mixed 121 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.35 99% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free, PID 3312 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 189 Write 172 Mixed 124 201% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.26 60% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 74%
WD My Book Essentials 1.5TB 1,072 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 562GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 37.2 Write 36.3 Mixed 24 40% 32.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.2 72% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.8% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 13.1 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 13.1 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 85%

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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	362x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $130Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16