MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '18 at 10:01
Run Duration	363 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 466 62% 463 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Lighting 63.5 Reflection 56.5 Parallax 82.6 52% 67.5 fps	MRender 55.5 Gravity 50.1 Splatting 70.7 49% 58.7 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 698GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 159 6841 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9298 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11618 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8333 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9298 (C2) HDA temperature 121 110 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 192 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.1% Above average	Read 90.5 Write 83.6 Mixed 78.7 63% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.29 91% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 51%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 296GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 143 Mixed 131 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 3.59 4K Mixed 0.71 188% 1.78 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 184%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 250GB 201 User benchmarks, average bench 194% 48GB free, PID 61f3 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 41.6 Write 40.2 Mixed 40.6 52% 40.8 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 14.3 4K Mixed 8.49 819% 11.5 MB/s	DQ Read 12.5 DQ Write 15.6 DQ Mixed 8.27 857% 12.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 360%
USB Flash Disk 8GB 2,760 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	5.77% Terrible	Read 22.1 Write 4.26 Mixed 6.76 11% 11 MB/s	4K Read 6.89 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.004 26% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.77% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.2% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 22.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.2 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 104%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,757 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	1,432x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	627x
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	326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	308x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $592

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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