MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.3% 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	81.6% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151214
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '16 at 16:00
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 730 75% 606 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gainward(10B0 13C2) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Lighting 67.8 Reflection 71.4 Parallax 63.3 55% 67.5 fps	MRender 74.4 Gravity 63.4 Splatting 58.1 53% 65.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso Sata III 507GB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 345GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1026A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 31 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 20 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 54 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1847 (A5) Unknown 100 100 15 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 52 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1010 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17073 (F2) Unknown 100 100 19452 (F5) Unknown 100 100 29552	81.6% Excellent	Read 316 Write 320 Mixed 315 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 31.8 126% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 64.1 98% 185 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 112%
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 130GB free Firmware: 5.0.2a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -66468913872614 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2591 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 553 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 45 55837523997 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4001 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7722 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7722 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7389	63.8% Good	Read 349 Write 222 Mixed 264 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 14.7 90% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 63.6 91% 170 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 80%
Patriot Inferno 120GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 130GB free Firmware: 363A13F0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 10194187 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 28535762734669 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3790 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 604 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 105 99 10194187 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16064 (EA) Unknown 0 0 31424 (F1) Unknown 0 0 31424 (F2) Unknown 0 0 30336	60.8% Good	Read 344 Write 171 Mixed 203 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 16.2 96% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 68.8 85% 150 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 70%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 142 9825 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3285 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18518 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2893 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 595 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 303217 (C2) HDA temperature 117 101 35 (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 2	59.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 105 Mixed 89.9 74% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.24 73% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 83%
WD My Passport 0740 1TB 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 644GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 73.8 Write 71.8 Mixed 69.6 92% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.15 63% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 28.1 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 27.9 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 118%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,433x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	628x
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	309x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $577

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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