MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	32% 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	233% 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.
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, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160330
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '17 at 08:23
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 525 69% 518 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% PwrHis(1787 201C) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	32% Below average	Lighting 41.9 Reflection 30.1 Parallax 53.3 34% 41.8 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 36 Splatting 36.2 28% 33.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Zotac Sonix NVMe PCIe 480GB-$797 250 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 416GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 2,313 Write 1,335 Mixed 1,281 362% 1,643 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 27.3 185% 80.7 MB/s	DQ Read 38.3 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 26.7 45% 83.3 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 244%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 104GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2213 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1213 (E8) Unknown 100 100 9310108203 (E9) Unknown 99 0 99	105% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 380 Mixed 395 91% 408 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 34.7 165% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 124 148% 259 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 66GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6520 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1772 (B1) Unknown 97 97 31 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 50 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 5 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1176 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12670261839	90.5% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 352 Mixed 340 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 25.3 146% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 46.4 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 68.9 75% 118 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 153415744 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2981 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 4319266904 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5024 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2335 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 22047227936 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1055 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25769 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 -140737488355296 (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 106291850645185 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15084282914 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16459483823	88.8% Excellent	Read 160 Write 150 Mixed 148 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.32 86% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 23GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 131 Write 43.8 Mixed 53.3 81% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.85 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.79 87% 2.59 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 38%
JetFlash Transcend 32GB 11,405 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 14GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 41.9 Write 15.5 Mixed 11.8 24% 23.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.35 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.39 51% 2.39 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 19,779 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 31.4 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 38.9 SC Mixed 28.2 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 96%

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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 $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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