MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	95.3% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '19 at 10:34
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 569 76% 568 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3733) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3503 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 123 Parallax 125 112% 128 fps	MRender 150 Gravity 128 Splatting 101 101% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso SATA III SSD 120GB 1,366 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 75 91 87 86 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 460 Mixed 358 SusWrite 109 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 44.4 173% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 182 179% 284 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 88%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 483GB 315 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 313GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 372 418 416 413 421 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 492 Mixed 260 SusWrite 394 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 53 174% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 256 219% 322 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 131%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 246GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 133 129 128 127 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 159 Write 57.5 Mixed 72 SusWrite 129 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.6% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 16.9 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 19.1 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 102%

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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 $130Bench 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 $179	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