MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	15.4% 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	101% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 16:18
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 774 78% 632 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 3527) 1GB CLim: 830 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Lighting 17.7 Reflection 20.8 Parallax 15.7 14% 18.1 fps	MRender 24.8 Gravity 17.9 Splatting 20.6 17% 21.1 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7SN6S-256G-1006 256GB 4,074 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 156GB free Firmware: X3511006 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 33 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 47 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4295098368 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 51 46 116871725105 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 60131180569 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	91.8% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 378 Mixed 401 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 25.2 128% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 58.4 104% 206 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 92%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1460 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 769 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 56 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6752518315	101% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 402 Mixed 416 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 26.5 143% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 107 136% 244 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 751GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 94 (03) Spinup time 120 120 25790513467 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4631 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15008 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4076 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4632 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4632 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 193274183715 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	72.9% Very good	Read 125 Write 129 Mixed 126 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.35 83% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 28.4 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 29.4 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 91%

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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	1,445x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	631x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	166x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	533x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	328x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	312x

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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	87x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $579

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16