MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '23 at 09:21
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (60^th 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 252 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 688 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 531.29 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.7% Average	Lighting 61.9 Reflection 66.8 Parallax 60.4 50% 63 fps	MRender 65.2 Gravity 62 Splatting 52.7 48% 60 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Jamesd0nkey JD480 480GB 155 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: JD2018 SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 84 52 147 72 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 451 Write 224 Mixed 342 SusWrite 115 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 0.4 77% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 55.4 DQ Write 19.3 DQ Mixed 0.4 10% 25 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 90%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 537GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 118 117 118 120 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 133 Write 123 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 118 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 228% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-8GVR 04CD F4-2400C15-4GVR 04CD F4-2400C15-4GVR 16GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 22.6 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 23.2 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 77%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,231 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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