MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54% 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.

Run History

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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '17 at 12:01
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 435 59% 441 Pts	64-Core 461 29% 461 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 80.7 Reflection 81.9 Parallax 73.6 66% 78.7 fps	MRender 78.4 Gravity 73 Splatting 64.1 58% 71.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 11941407 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 94583769792532 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 43 81607196708 (C2) HDA temperature 36 43 81607196708 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11941407 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11941407 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11941407 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 8589934592 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294959454 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15 (F2) Unknown 0 0 35 (F4) Unknown 100 100 4980765	54% Above average	Read 508 Write 191 Mixed 242 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 18.7 4K Mixed 17.3 57% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 49.7 DQ Mixed 12.7 31% 67.4 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 581GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 95926304 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2290 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22998328 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6407 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 904 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 64 521535519 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 63698 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 77309411359 (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 16204911610681 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6655391751 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2134196028516	85.4% Excellent	Read 167 Write 131 Mixed 151 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.17 72% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 583GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 41.1 Write 39.4 Mixed 32.3 48% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.22 77% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.1% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 12.7 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 13.7 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 105%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,753 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) - $127

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,429x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	626x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	528x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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