MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	102% 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.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180616
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '20 at 15:16
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 178 81% 135 Pts	4-Core 248 8-Core 328 37% 288 Pts	64-Core 345 21% 345 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 146 Parallax 135 106% 137 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 131 Splatting 106 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU720 1TB 588 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 242GB free Firmware: XA001R30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 353 409 425 430 399 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 415 Mixed 383 SusWrite 389 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 45.3 153% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 279 217% 296 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 111%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 35,237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 221GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT24B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,543 Write 3,721 Mixed 5,843 1,191% 5,369 MB/s	4K Read 194 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 107 496% 141 MB/s	DQ Read 1,007 DQ Write 1,077 DQ Mixed 992 760% 1,025 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 126%
GOODRAM 240GB 8,481 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 125GB free Firmware: SAFM22.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 383 424 429 425 409 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 411 Write 448 Mixed 307 SusWrite 402 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 38.3 145% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 168 161% 252 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 102%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 230GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 94 92 94 94 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 102 Write 103 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 93.2 72% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 65%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 27GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 69 67 69 69 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 63.5 Write 63 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 68.2 45% 61.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IR3000D464L16S/8G 075D GY3000D464L16S/8G 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 25.4 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 24.1 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 99%

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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 (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,231 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) - $174

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	362x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	74x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	36x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $778

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