MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.4% 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	68.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150902
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 18:14
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 235 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 392 45% 353 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.4% 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 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 117 Parallax 94.3 93% 108 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 101 Splatting 103 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 134GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1557 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 614 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 72 48 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4904295519	119% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 414 Mixed 422 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 50.7 191% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 130 151% 263 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 5 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8001 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3248 (B1) Unknown 92 92 290 (B3) Unknown 99 99 5 (B5) Unknown 99 99 5 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 5 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 46 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 712 (EB) Unknown 99 99 192 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24932733912	68.7% Good	Read 407 Write 93.4 Mixed 174 49% 225 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 21.8 126% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 51.9 82% 165 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 116%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 145 142 9725 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4940 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10559 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3740 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 305 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 156 156 132812 (C2) HDA temperature 128 99 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.2% Average	Read 74.3 Write 65.5 Mixed 89.2 58% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.17 62% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 83%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 456GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 169 8075 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3042 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3993 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2007 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19738 (C2) HDA temperature 128 109 24 (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	45.9% Average	Read 79.4 Write 80.2 Mixed 80.3 60% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.27 101% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 87%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 353GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 6208 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10730 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16175 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5319 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 243 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 165 165 105495 (C2) HDA temperature 127 93 23 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 19 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 195 0	33.8% Below average	Read 59.1 Write 58.7 Mixed 53.4 43% 57.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.32 70% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 27.2 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 17.4 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 91%

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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	555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	362x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	74x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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