MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.9% 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	241% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '22 at 17:17
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 252 93% 163 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 663 70% 558 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5678) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.65 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 135 Parallax 126 103% 129 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 128 Splatting 115 93% 113 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 596 602 590 581 568 555 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2,137 Write 798 Mixed 790 SusWrite 582 236% 1,077 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 68 245% 92.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,242 DQ Write 750 DQ Mixed 886 690% 959 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 353%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 181GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 715 660 626 591 567 533 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 941 Write 880 Mixed 663 SusWrite 615 174% 775 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 57.6 196% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 740 DQ Write 649 DQ Mixed 699 523% 696 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 445%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 12TB 267 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 8TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 319 313 319 318 318 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 353 Write 275 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 312 57% 256 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 12.4 4K Mixed 0.9 9% 4.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1.3 DQ Write 15.5 DQ Mixed 0.2 3% 5.67 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 188%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 9,254 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 29 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 29.7 84% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 45.8 87% 45.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 117%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,762 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,434x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	628x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	530x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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