MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.8% 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	89.4% 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	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-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	18.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '17 at 20:42
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 442 59% 440 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3303) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 118 Parallax 110 91% 113 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 102 Splatting 101 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 619GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 318 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 40 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 64 63 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2163732994	89.4% Excellent	Read 497 Write 390 Mixed 404 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 26.8 145% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 45.5 DQ Write 92.3 DQ Mixed 130 82% 89.4 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 68292456 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4446 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 32 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 986772140 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34824 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2875 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 133146017873 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 951 (BE) vendor-specific 59 39 34815694143529 (C2) HDA temperature 41 61 42949673001 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 22 68292456 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 117484535449162 (F1) Unknown 100 253 164042120 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3521643485	59.5% Above average	Read 112 Write 95.7 Mixed 105 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.49 111% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 69648877 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3927 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 351603332 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34659 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2874 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 25770196999 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 172 (BE) vendor-specific 61 43 138094641191 (C2) HDA temperature 39 57 42949672999 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 23 69648877 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -7039451364249 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2639703825 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3934709125	66.2% Good	Read 114 Write 117 Mixed 105 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.46 103% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 6,294 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 24.1 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 22.2 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 110%

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Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) - $174

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	553x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	360x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	222x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	73x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	61x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	36x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $778

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