MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.3% 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	117% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '16 at 22:05
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 266 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 750 77% 624 Pts	64-Core 757 47% 757 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.3% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 117 Parallax 97.6 84% 106 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 97 Splatting 103 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2738 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 212 (B1) Unknown 97 97 51 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 61 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 27 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13925940704	117% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 405 Mixed 412 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 48.7 191% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 113 138% 246 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 150 6350 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 236 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2712 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 198 (10) Unknown 1 199 23407728866 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 210 (C2) HDA temperature 118 114 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	91.1% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 152 Mixed 142 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 3.32 4K Mixed 0.35 137% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 2x4GB 761 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.1% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 12 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 14.8 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 63 63% 63 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 101%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,756 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	1,431x
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	529x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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