MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150902
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '18 at 07:24
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$133 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 220 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 436 53% 405 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.9% Below average	Lighting 45.7 Reflection 42.7 Parallax 42.4 37% 43.6 fps	MRender 39.1 Gravity 39.2 Splatting 34.3 30% 37.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 75000966 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 86268713115158 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1216 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 23 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 45 77312360485 (C2) HDA temperature 37 45 77312360485 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 75000966 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 75000966 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 75000966 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14512 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9059 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9059 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15890 (F4) Unknown 97 97 7798903	49.6% Average	Read 394 Write 110 Mixed 161 48% 222 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 11.8 79% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 76.5 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 26.4 39% 71.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 75%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 909GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 179 1816 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1224 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 921 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 638 (BF) G-sense error rate 91 91 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 132 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1510 (C2) HDA temperature 118 102 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	61.6% Good	Read 107 Write 108 Mixed 101 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.24 86% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 62%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 569GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 250 (03) Spinup time 175 170 6233 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8179 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16714 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2698 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 119 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 167 167 100497 (C2) HDA temperature 119 110 31 (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	48.1% Average	Read 82.8 Write 84.6 Mixed 75.4 61% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.22 89% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 59%
Seagate ST9250410AS 250GB-$42 8,782 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 232GB free Firmware: 0006HPM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 100780828 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3016 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 60317056473 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10095 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2842 (B7) Unknown 100 253 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065667 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 521666589 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 58 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 44 44 112587 (C2) HDA temperature 29 45 8589934621 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 40 100780828 (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	54.6% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 99 Mixed 90.1 70% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2133 C15 1x8GB 11,823 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	42.8% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 13 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 13.3 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 43%

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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	553x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	360x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	222x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	73x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	61x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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