MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	221% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '18 at 12:06
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 734 77% 616 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 191 Parallax 170 140% 177 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 167 Splatting 122 111% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 617 314 313 314 312 311 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,907 Write 1,282 Mixed 581 SusWrite 364 228% 1,033 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 53.7 247% 97.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,054 DQ Write 1123 DQ Mixed 803 683% 994 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 236%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 78GB free Firmware: MU04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 309 296 248 238 219 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 381 Write 379 Mixed 315 SusWrite 269 76% 336 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 43.2 156% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 134 139% 227 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 105%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 69GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 335 251 254 242 250 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 425 Write 449 Mixed 367 SusWrite 294 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 42.9 160% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 328 246% 328 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 99%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 97GB free Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 55 54 54 54 54 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 429 Mixed 383 SusWrite 91.7 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 50.1 175% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 244 205% 296 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 91%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$61 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 192GB free Firmware: X61110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 408 396 390 390 415 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 309 Mixed 255 SusWrite 400 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 34 124% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 278 229% 328 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 119%
Seagate Expansion 500GB 5,329 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 82GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 66 66 67 67 67 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 58.4 Write 56.4 Mixed 26.4 SusWrite 65.9 38% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 22.4 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 95%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,761 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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	1,433x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 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	326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $577

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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