MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.8% 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 Drive	82.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151214
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '17 at 20:54
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 143 2-Core 290 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 542 72% 542 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.8% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 111 Parallax 104 85% 106 fps	MRender 92.3 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 88.1 76% 92.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 304GB free Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 2,173 Write 1,436 Mixed 1,533 380% 1,714 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 65.3 255% 96.9 MB/s	DQ Read 623 DQ Write 407 DQ Mixed 253 259% 427 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 283%
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2682 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 740 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 295 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1572916 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 76 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3955	82.3% Excellent	Read 511 Write 337 Mixed 283 83% 377 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 10.3 104% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 45.2 95% 196 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 899GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 4091 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 745 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2678 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 729 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 106 106 282087 (C2) HDA temperature 110 90 37 (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	78.3% Very good	Read 134 Write 139 Mixed 127 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 0.43 4K Mixed 0.2 59% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 87%
Samsung M3 Portable 2TB 5,095 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1.5TB free, PID 61b5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 119 Write 119 Mixed 119 154% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.33 78% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 1,548 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 26.8 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 25.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 94%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,440x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	630x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	532x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	86x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $571

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16