MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '18 at 20:12
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

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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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 237 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 691 68% 556 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Lighting 82.5 Reflection 82 Parallax 70.8 67% 78.5 fps	MRender 73.5 Gravity 76 Splatting 78.4 62% 76 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 404 458 450 387 393 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 472 Mixed 343 SusWrite 420 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 38.9 145% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 172 177% 288 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 462GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 143 144 145 145 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 103 Write 97.5 Mixed 58 SusWrite 144 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 215% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 109%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 178 180 180 182 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 138 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 180 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 24.5 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 24.7 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 87%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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	327x
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