MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.1% 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	55.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 12:55
Run Duration	298 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 477 64% 477 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 118 Parallax 111 94% 115 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 112GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,285 Write 1,464 Mixed 1,264 369% 1,671 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 28.7 187% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 55.6 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 28.4 43% 77.3 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 254%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 527ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 9193661 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 18932215853757 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1771 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 569 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 48 1009320460322 (C2) HDA temperature 34 48 1009320460322 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9193661 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9193661 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9193661 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17401 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14544 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14544 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12556	55.4% Above average	Read 443 Write 123 Mixed 161 52% 242 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 11.5 95% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24.7 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 10.6 24% 47.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 73%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 315GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 230427080 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 323 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9875249 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2973 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 301 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 65 522059806 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13660 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 77309411358 (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 -96306051675690 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9645977364 (F2) Unknown 100 253 405759294536	83.3% Excellent	Read 130 Write 159 Mixed 133 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 5.36 4K Mixed 0.53 177% 2.11 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 111%
Seagate ST9250410AS 250GB-$42 8,782 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 204GB free Firmware: 0006HPM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 93 219806000 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5231 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 146195354834 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16762 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3191 (B7) Unknown 100 253 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 201 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 488374301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1043 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 59453 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 68719476765 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 40 219806000 (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 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	52.6% Above average	Read 92.8 Write 90.6 Mixed 88.3 68% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.42 92% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 56%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 15GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 25.7 Write 5.68 Mixed 4.57 11% 12 MB/s	4K Read 5.58 62% 5.58 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.8% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.9 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.1 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 110%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,761 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	1,433x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 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	326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $592

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16