MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	91.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160512
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 05 '19 at 20:32
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 226 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 451 61% 453 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37A9) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	129% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 179 Parallax 160 128% 166 fps	MRender 239 Gravity 206 Splatting 132 151% 193 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530A SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 228 248 202 248 201 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 298 Mixed 281 SusWrite 234 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 39.8 146% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 178 160% 241 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 96%
Samsung 860 Pro 1TB-$300 8,179 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 679GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 405 439 457 469 467 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 461 Mixed 439 SusWrite 441 104% 459 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 59.1 202% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 316 239% 322 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 132%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 833GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 112 112 114 113 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 118 Write 84.2 Mixed 63 SusWrite 111 69% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2666 C15 Series 2x8GB 2,782 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.8% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 12.6 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 12.7 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 92%

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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 2,762 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	1,434x
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 $295	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