MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.5% 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	108% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150902
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '19 at 00:33
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 (97^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 740 73% 597 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2302 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 120 Parallax 113 87% 114 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 102 Splatting 108 88% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 268 227 177 164 156 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 487 Mixed 383 SusWrite 229 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 60.3 210% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 47.2 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 144 126% 178 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 370GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 152 Write 148 Mixed 97 SusWrite 106 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 209% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 112%

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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 29.4 98% 34.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 41.3 SC Mixed 30.1 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 108%

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

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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	553x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	360x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	222x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	73x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	61x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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