MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	217% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '18 at 13:27
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 233 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 436 59% 442 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1075 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.7.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Lighting 82.5 Reflection 58.9 Parallax 107 67% 82.8 fps	MRender 60 Gravity 77.6 Splatting 76.2 59% 71.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 613 296 276 259 250 249 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1977 Write 1,434 Mixed 544 SusWrite 324 236% 1,070 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 54.1 225% 89.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,052 DQ Write 1,188 DQ Mixed 1,008 790% 1,083 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 11GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,682 Write 8,115 Mixed 7,945 1,841% 8,247 MB/s	4K Read 650 4K Write 277 4K Mixed 371 1,608% 433 MB/s	DQ Read 1906 DQ Write 1,650 DQ Mixed 1,794 1,340% 1,783 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 38GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 77 83 81 80 83 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 244 Write 82 Mixed 114 SusWrite 80.8 29% 130 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 62.3 4K Mixed 11.5 78% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 80.1 DQ Mixed 86 75% 114 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 44%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 212GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 109 109 108 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 56 Write 91.7 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 109 52% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 367% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 7,253 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 31.5 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 38.8 SC Mixed 26.5 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 107%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,756 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	1,431x
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	529x
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 $129Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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