MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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 Drive	78.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '18 at 07:49
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 241 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 584 59% 480 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2227 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 153 Parallax 145 118% 148 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 136 Splatting 115 98% 120 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TE128HMGR-000L1 128GB 5,980 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT06L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 133 134 134 125 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 492 Write 138 Mixed 164 SusWrite 126 50% 230 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 27.9 136% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 65 97% 188 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 79%
WD Gold 1TB (2016)-$50 2,872 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 899GB free Firmware: RR07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 181 179 178 177 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 227 Mixed 112 SusWrite 178 130% 177 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 389% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2133 C14 Series 8502 2400 C16 Series 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 26.3 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.7 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 83%

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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 CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,763 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	1,435x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $265Bench 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 $40Bench 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 $269	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 $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