MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150902
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '22 at 03:34
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 120 2-Core 210 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 583 60% 483 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Xe Graphics 3 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Intel(8086 1020) 1GB Driver: <> Ver. 30.0.101.1002 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.6% Below average	Lighting 41.8 Reflection 64.1 Parallax 212 34% 106 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 16.2 Splatting 1 30% 42.9 fps
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$120 24,278 User benchmarks, average bench 287% 113GB free Firmware: P4CR Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1433 910 725 704 744 750 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 1,038 Write 1,398 Mixed 1,175 SusWrite 878 254% 1,122 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 63.4 4K Mixed 36.5 114% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 680 DQ Mixed 478 360% 466 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 370%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 592GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 81 70 87 95 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 124 Write 135 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 84.2 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 165% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 109%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 223GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 62 62 62 63 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 61.5 Write 55.9 Mixed 47.6 SusWrite 62.3 42% 56.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.1% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.4 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $130Bench 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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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