MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	141% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170503
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '17 at 16:02
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 516 68% 510 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% PwrHis(1787 2320) 2GB CLim: 860 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Lighting 26.1 Reflection 27.9 Parallax 31.2 21% 28.4 fps	MRender 24.8 Gravity 20.7 Splatting 32.9 22% 26.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 21%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A12) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.78% Terrible	Lighting 8.17 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 7.97 7% 9.4 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 6.97 Splatting 16.7 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.78% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 1,248 Write 251 Mixed 509 145% 669 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 40.3 201% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 527 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 142 159% 280 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 243%
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 750GB-$77 8,773 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 655GB free Firmware: JF4OA0D0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 180 180 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 76 (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 100 100 404 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 76 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 65536 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 18058 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 176094707742 (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 200 200 4 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	63.2% Good	Read 107 Write 113 Mixed 109 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.22 72% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 68%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 107GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 134 4166 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5129 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12703 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2743 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 383 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4745 (C2) HDA temperature 108 95 35 (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	46.8% Average	Read 85.9 Write 77.2 Mixed 74.1 59% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.3 78% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 25.5 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 25.4 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 80%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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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