MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.9% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '18 at 08:21
Run Duration	312 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 601 81% 602 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68% Good	Lighting 85.5 Reflection 83.8 Parallax 73.7 70% 81 fps	MRender 80.5 Gravity 77.5 Splatting 79.3 65% 79.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung Portable SSD T3 1TB 658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 707GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 436 Write 431 Mixed 437 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 30.3 96% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 77.3 75% 118 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 87%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 111GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1472 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 499 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 75 57 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 56 (F1) Unknown 99 99 742987331	70.5% Very good	Read 494 Write 129 Mixed 194 59% 273 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 10.9 117% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 27.8 72% 159 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 73%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5205 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2349 (B1) Unknown 95 95 60 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 69 40 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 17 (EB) Unknown 99 99 654 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16846051090	95.9% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 343 Mixed 342 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 24 144% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 65 112% 222 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 108%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$70 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 732GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 167 1133 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4240 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16456 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3053 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 663 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 45 45 466120 (C2) HDA temperature 128 97 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.6% Average	Read 73.1 Write 78.5 Mixed 74.9 57% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 63%
WD Elements 25A2 750GB 1,458 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 441GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	22% Poor	Read 42.1 Write 41.8 Mixed 35.5 51% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.25 84% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 24.4 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 24.6 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 88%

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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	81x

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 $90Bench 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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16