MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	31.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	23.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160512
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '22 at 05:59
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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% Excellent	Memory 82.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 214 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 700 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 8756) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72% Very good	Lighting 90.3 Reflection 87.4 Parallax 82.2 74% 86.6 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 78.9 Splatting 71.4 69% 86.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc 2.5 SSD 1TB 1,151 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1224A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.7 8.2 9.3 68 73 6.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 404 Write 273 Mixed 18.5 SusWrite 28.9 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 16.6 4K Mixed 0.4 37% 11.7 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 17.3 DQ Mixed 0.4 20% 53 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 99%
HFS250G32TND-N1A2A 250GB 5,131 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 75GB free Firmware: 30000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 239 276 239 239 233 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 446 Mixed 391 SusWrite 264 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 47.2 164% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 352 264% 353 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%
OCZ Trion 150 960GB-$190 3,375 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 119GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 437 190 290 280 291 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 474 Mixed 376 SusWrite 325 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 38.8 143% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 194 184% 288 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 103%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 173 174 174 174 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 171 Mixed 88.1 SusWrite 173 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 4000 C18 2x16GB 2,738 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 19.1 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22.6 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 129%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,763 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	1,435x
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 $40Bench 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 $269	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 $40	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