MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	16.7 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170503
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '18 at 07:27
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 224 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 641 65% 529 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 79.1 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 67.1 64% 74.6 fps	MRender 69.1 Gravity 71.7 Splatting 73.1 59% 71.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 106 132 143 137 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 294 Write 204 Mixed 225 SusWrite 137 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 39.6 152% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 144 119% 169 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 85%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 70GB free Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 56 56 56 56 56 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 403 Mixed 384 SusWrite 86.3 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 51 182% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 242 201% 288 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 395GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 121 120 121 122 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 130 Write 123 Mixed 62.6 SusWrite 120 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 88%
Kingston SNA-DC/U 240GB 281 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 35GB free, PID 6298 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 42 42 41 37 32 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 40.4 Write 40.3 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 37.4 54% 39.7 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 20 4K Mixed 16.7 1,300% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 15.1 DQ Write 20.1 DQ Mixed 17.1 1,321% 17.4 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH Samsung M378A5143EB1-CPB HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 20GB 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.8% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 20.6 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 19.4 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns

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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 $94Bench 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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $577

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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