MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.9% 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	111% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	11 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '17 at 16:34
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 766 78% 633 Pts	64-Core 767 48% 767 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 118 Parallax 101 96% 112 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 961 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 496 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 62 45 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7813211976	111% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 378 Mixed 416 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 48.4 178% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 128 141% 239 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 131%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 122691960 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 459 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7908241 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 895 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 495 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 487784476 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2891 (C2) HDA temperature 28 45 60129542172 (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 59794534695612 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2782251146 (F2) Unknown 100 253 50827778520	105% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 168 Mixed 120 121% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 5.11 4K Mixed 0.71 197% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 29.3 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 29.1 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 105%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $129Bench 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