MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics83.7% 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 Drive60% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7A12
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)  (all builds)
Memory7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160724
Uptime1.5 Days
Run DateJan 22 '21 at 08:00
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
92.2% Outstanding
Memory 93.3
1-Core 134
2-Core 268
92% 165 Pts
4-Core 491
8-Core 734
76% 612 Pts
64-Core 730
45% 730 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 92.2%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
83.7% Excellent
Lighting 105
Reflection 108
Parallax 99.5
86% 104 fps
MRender 95
Gravity 99.3
Splatting 98.9
80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 83.7%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55
93GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MAT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 128 114 102 107 99 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
60% Good
Read 318
Write 185
Mixed 28.5
SusWrite 103
35% 159 MB/s
4K Read 27.5
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 16.1
117% 49.1 MB/s
DQ Read 321
DQ Write 7
DQ Mixed 10.5
46% 113 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 60%
Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
753GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 164 168 166 166 168 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
98.9% Outstanding
Read 179
Write 132
Mixed 81.7
SusWrite 166
102% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 98.9%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
75.7% Very good
MC Read 27.4
MC Write 28.6
MC Mixed 22.5
75% 26.2 GB/s
SC Read 18.3
SC Write 29.7
SC Mixed 26.3
71% 24.8 GB/s
Latency 61.3
65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 75.7%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,756 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) - $127

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $592
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