MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.8% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '18 at 07:07
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 231 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 651 68% 545 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3723) ≥ 4GB; Gigabyte G1 Gaming CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2144 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 120 Parallax 104 94% 113 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 104 Splatting 103 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$115 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 152GB free Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^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 3100 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1177 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 34 (A3) Unknown 100 100 35 (A4) Unknown 100 100 130993 (A5) Unknown 100 100 177 (A6) Unknown 100 100 76 (A7) Unknown 100 100 130 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 96 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 349 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 149 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2207 (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 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 630348 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1226822 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1047944	92.1% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 290 Mixed 365 84% 382 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 34.4 141% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 67.3 105% 199 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 114%
Adata SU800NS38 128GB 7,443 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0125D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^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 100 100 613 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 211 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 39 (A3) Unknown 100 100 6 (A4) Unknown 100 100 16512 (A5) Unknown 100 100 82 (A6) Unknown 100 100 13 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (94) Unknown 100 100 32459 (95) Unknown 100 100 977 (96) Unknown 100 100 799 (97) Unknown 100 100 954 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1500 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 11 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 124 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 74994 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 74994 (F2) Unknown 100 100 29801 (F5) Unknown 100 100 132096	80.8% Excellent	Read 504 Write 306 Mixed 336 84% 382 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 24.6 116% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 34.3 64% 123 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 264GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 12651280 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2714 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 159857514 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20457 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1770 (B7) Unknown 79 79 21 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 43 73015624230 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 159401902109 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 236 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11357 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 -140737488355299 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 192 64 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 55551107025471 (F1) Unknown 100 253 33358303407 (F2) Unknown 100 253 52988983844	96.5% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 161 Mixed 159 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.3 111% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x4GB 5,273 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 24.3 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 25.3 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 98%

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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	1,432x
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	530x
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 $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