MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics103% 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.
Boot Drive220% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A12
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)  (all builds)
Memory7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180704
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateAug 08 '22 at 19:35
Run Duration177 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 31%

 PC Performing as expected (43rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
79.6% Very good
Memory 87.4
1-Core 114
2-Core 197
77% 133 Pts
4-Core 387
8-Core 575
60% 481 Pts
64-Core 565
35% 565 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$301
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.5.1
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
103% Outstanding
Lighting 111
Reflection 133
Parallax 219
91% 154 fps
MRender 210
Gravity 117
Splatting 146
127% 158 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 103%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
418GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 234100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1288 476 440 337 493 481 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
220% Outstanding
Read 1,779
Write 1,599
Mixed 1,350
SusWrite 586
297% 1,329 MB/s
4K Read 40.7
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 68.9
212% 75.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,185
DQ Write 896
DQ Mixed 1027
772% 1,036 MB/s
Poor: 159%
This bench: 220%
Great: 300%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52
121GB free
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 429 421 327 327 308 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
122% Outstanding
Read 476
Write 459
Mixed 410
SusWrite 358
96% 426 MB/s
4K Read 44.8
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 60.9
208% 74.2 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 360
271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 122%
Great: 128%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$39
1TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 120 124 121 124 119 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
69.9% Good
Read 122
Write 111
Mixed 65.9
SusWrite 121
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.8
160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 69.9%
Great: 86%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CM4X8GF2400C16K4 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
57% Above average
MC Read 22.3
MC Write 18.9
MC Mixed 18
56% 19.7 GB/s
SC Read 14.7
SC Write 19
SC Mixed 18.1
49% 17.3 GB/s
Latency 70.1
57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 57%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,762 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) - $127

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $573
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