MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.7% 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	160% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170503
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '19 at 21:05
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 744 75% 609 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.7% Very good	Lighting 97.8 Reflection 111 Parallax 94.2 80% 101 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 94.3 Splatting 97.8 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C4005T2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 655 740 774 778 773 778 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	160% Outstanding	Read 1,099 Write 767 Mixed 506 SusWrite 750 174% 780 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 46.4 176% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 113 152% 278 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 159%
Samsung HD251HJ 250GB-$39 2,756 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 111GB free Firmware: 1AC01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 77 78 77 78 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 68.4 Write 55.9 Mixed 49.1 SusWrite 77.3 46% 62.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 53%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 532GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 154 155 153 154 154 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 152 Write 147 Mixed 103 SusWrite 154 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 109%
SABRENT 640GB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 133GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 63 63 63 63 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 82.2 Write 78 Mixed 45.6 SusWrite 62.6 49% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 59%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 812GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 39 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 37 Mixed 18.7 SusWrite 38.2 44% 33.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 32.3 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 32 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 125%

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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