MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	89.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160311
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '18 at 21:25
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	CRI-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 575 8-Core 580 77% 578 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$81 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2021 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 353 (A5) Unknown 100 100 34397880849 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 13 (A8) Unknown 100 100 21 (A9) Unknown 100 100 134 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 51 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 49 210454511657 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1318572654899 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1977 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3860 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3399 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6179 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	89.7% Excellent	Read 497 Write 346 Mixed 333 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 18.2 131% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 41.9 88% 182 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 100%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 82GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 21863064 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3072 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 34460360821 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -33633888888587 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2376 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 40 4867293218 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1129 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 42 42 116249 (C2) HDA temperature 34 60 68719476770 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 95 95 115109418504500 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8900721571 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11433102392 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	40.8% Average	Read 70.6 Write 71.6 Mixed 71.4 54% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 0.18 49% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 61%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 135GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3134 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8145 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2956 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 369 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2764 (C2) HDA temperature 105 90 38 (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	66.4% Good	Read 112 Write 119 Mixed 108 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.34 135% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 33.5 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 30.8 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,757 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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