MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

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System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180616
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '19 at 09:59
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 107 2-Core 213 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 414 55% 414 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 197 Parallax 181 149% 187 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 174 Splatting 127 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 63 46 75 77 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 99 Write 98.5 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 65.1 59% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 68%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 172GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 83 86 86 83 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 82.7 Write 49.7 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 82.6 48% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 58%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 14,232 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 38GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 100 103 103 102 103 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 58.8 Write 59 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 102 86% 62 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 49%
TOSHIBA MK1252GSX 120GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 4GB free, PID 0718 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 30 31 33 33 32 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	13.8% Very poor	Read 24 Write 27.7 Mixed 18.8 SusWrite 31.5 35% 25.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 56% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 Transcend TS1GLH64V1H Transcend TS1GLH64V1H 24GB 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.8% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 23.2 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 21.6 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns

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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	362x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $94Bench 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	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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16