MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics85.1% 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 Drive163% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7A12
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)  (all builds)
Memory13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180704
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 30 '18 at 00:41
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
87.3% Excellent
Memory 94.6
1-Core 142
2-Core 283
96% 173 Pts
4-Core 431
8-Core 782
73% 606 Pts
64-Core 779
48% 779 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87.3%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
85.1% Excellent
Lighting 108
Reflection 111
Parallax 95.8
88% 105 fps
MRender 95.5
Gravity 96.7
Splatting 98.3
79% 96.8 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85.1%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 512GB
280GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UXM62H1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 675 812 786 790 764 764 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
163% Outstanding
Read 1,117
Write 891
Mixed 553
SusWrite 765
186% 832 MB/s
4K Read 35.4
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 49.3
173% 63.5 MB/s
DQ Read 490
DQ Write 310
DQ Mixed 247
225% 349 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 163%
Great: 166%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC27
SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 194 195 195 195 195 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 188
Write 118
Mixed 86.2
SusWrite 194
107% 147 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 110%
Great: 114%
Intenso Alu Line 32GB
30GB free, PID 6387
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.7 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.1 8.7 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
3.71% Terrible
Read 10
Write 5.5
Mixed 2.7
SusWrite 8.1
8% 6.58 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
8% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 2%
This bench: 3.71%
Great: 7%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15D4/8G 16GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
77.8% Very good
MC Read 29.3
MC Write 30
MC Mixed 22.5
78% 27.3 GB/s
SC Read 18
SC Write 28.7
SC Mixed 23.9
67% 23.5 GB/s
Latency 58.3
69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 77.8%
Great: 87%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,778 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) - $127

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $579
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