MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.4% 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	95.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2048 x 1152 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160512
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '17 at 18:57
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 453 60% 452 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% MSI(1462 3411) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Lighting 62.5 Reflection 64.3 Parallax 86.4 51% 71.1 fps	MRender 62.8 Gravity 58.1 Splatting 51.1 46% 57.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3652 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 586 (B1) Unknown 97 97 31 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 62 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 176 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25590685476	95.2% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 349 Mixed 351 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 28 140% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 91 118% 215 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 126%
ST950032 5AS 500GB 201 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 436GB free, PID 1057 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	29.2% Poor	Read 72.9 Write 70.6 Mixed 50.4 81% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.33 48% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.9% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 25.1 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23.9 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 110%

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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 CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,756 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	1,431x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	627x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	529x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	308x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $592

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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