MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	240% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '17 at 20:46
Run Duration	302 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

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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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 243 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 694 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 146GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7571 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2790 (B1) Unknown 93 93 84 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 709 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27317116348	101% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 385 Mixed 173 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 36.9 149% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 48.2 97% 200 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 146GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8088 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2970 (B1) Unknown 90 90 110 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 740 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35013540094	94.3% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 444 Mixed 218 85% 386 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 24.4 119% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 46.6 95% 195 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 118%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 146GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 -101567386604560 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 574 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 493 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6344 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5778 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5778 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7426
Poor: 31% Great: 61%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,451 Write 1,130 Mixed 1,392 364% 1,657 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 29.9 186% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 499 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 165 195% 341 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 139GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 394 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 171 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 48 (F1) Unknown 99 99 570537795	106% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 411 Mixed 416 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 47.3 177% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 44.3 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 113 99% 141 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 166 Write 122 Mixed 87.1 93% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 4.27 4K Mixed 0.64 200% 2.04 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 97%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 2TB free, PID 107c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 148 Write 143 Mixed 112 170% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.27 86% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 44%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 931GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 37.2 Write 38.5 Mixed 37.3 49% 37.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.16 63% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M1A2400C14 029E CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C14 029E CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 27.4 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 36.9 SC Mixed 27.5 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 87%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,451x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	632x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	167x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	535x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	330x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	312x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	88x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $563

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16