MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170503
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '17 at 06:52
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 677 68% 551 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Lighting 67.6 Reflection 60.5 Parallax 54.6 55% 60.9 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 63.7 Splatting 55.3 51% 63.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3G2120G 120GB 4,240 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.W Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 466 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 84 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 261 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262161 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C2) HDA temperature 50 40 257699938354 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 197 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 509 (F2) Unknown 100 100 402 (F4) Unknown 100 100 4 (F5) Unknown 100 100 17 (F6) Unknown 100 100 157472	79.1% Very good	Read 527 Write 194 Mixed 292 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 13 125% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 48.2 89% 178 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 89%
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 23GB free Firmware: 505ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3994338 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 -12455405133317 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1454 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 578 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 510 (BD) vendor-specific 38 73 38659489830 (C2) HDA temperature 38 73 38659489830 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3994338 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 8 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3994338 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3994338 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 76 76 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 36082 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11471 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11471 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10334	57.9% Above average	Read 463 Write 79.4 Mixed 126 48% 223 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 19 103% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 80.6 DQ Mixed 26.1 37% 69.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 69%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 795GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 176 3533 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1716 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23397 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1175 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 305 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1796 (C2) HDA temperature 110 105 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 27 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66.9% Good	Read 115 Write 118 Mixed 115 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.46 144% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x16GB 9,797 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	79.3% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 24.2 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 24.5 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 95%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,434x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 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 $400Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $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