MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	67.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '17 at 18:41
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$76 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 187 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 321 43% 322 Pts	64-Core 328 20% 328 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3685) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Lighting 87.4 Reflection 84.8 Parallax 75.7 71% 82.7 fps	MRender 81.1 Gravity 74.8 Splatting 67.6 60% 74.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HDWM110 1TB 568 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 931GB free Firmware: HEF01A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2733 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 41 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 103080460312 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 271 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	11.4% Very poor	Read 65.4 Write 86.3 Mixed 30.2 14% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 17.9 4K Mixed 0.37 11% 6.32 MB/s	DQ Read 0.93 DQ Write 19.4 DQ Mixed 0.42 3% 6.93 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 25%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8740 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 767 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 82 82 541 (AE) Unknown 100 100 44 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1990 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 56 188978561053 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 82 82 18 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 16383516218 (F7) Unknown 100 100 520950612 (F8) Unknown 100 100 3750658070	75.5% Very good	Read 497 Write 134 Mixed 150 56% 260 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 26.8 131% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 40.4 68% 137 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 1x8GB 5,712 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	47.6% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 14 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 48%

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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	1,432x
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	530x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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