MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	88.2% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150902
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '18 at 18:14
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 85.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 257 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 741 72% 589 Pts	64-Core 769 48% 769 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$130 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 308GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 93 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 371 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 56 188979478551 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6670676967 (F7) Unknown 100 100 208595039 (F8) Unknown 100 100 135800563 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4435 (D2) Unknown 100 100 20	86.6% Excellent	Read 482 Write 343 Mixed 340 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 25.7 115% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 54.9 98% 195 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 105%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2176 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1063 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 58 (A3) Unknown 100 100 33 (A4) Unknown 100 100 93966 (A5) Unknown 100 100 138 (A6) Unknown 100 100 40 (A7) Unknown 100 100 91 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 236 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 167706 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 457497 (F2) Unknown 100 100 507303 (F5) Unknown 100 100 751728	88.2% Excellent	Read 519 Write 368 Mixed 423 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 22.6 130% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.8 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 22.6 57% 111 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 103%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 308GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 168 2508 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1222 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8830 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1065 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1165 (C2) HDA temperature 120 104 23 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	73.3% Very good	Read 131 Write 125 Mixed 121 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.29 102% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14/8G KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX2133C14/8G KHX2133C14D4/8G 32GB 295 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.6 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 79%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,228 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	554x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	360x
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	73x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	61x
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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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