MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.2% 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	101% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	4320 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170503
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '20 at 01:57
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 144 2-Core 293 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 564 75% 562 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A12) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.76% Terrible	Lighting 8.2 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8.78 7% 9.63 fps	MRender 9.9 Gravity 7.53 Splatting 16.7 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.76% Great: 6%
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 100 Parallax 212 96% 143 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 110 Splatting 138 97% 116 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 123 76 64 71 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 483 Mixed 303 SusWrite 126 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 51.7 188% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 240 206% 306 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 10GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 507 Write 469 Mixed 414 103% 463 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 69.1 232% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 422GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 175 176 173 179 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 89 Mixed 31.7 SusWrite 174 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 0830 2TB 2,661 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 957GB free, PID 0830 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 88 88 88 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 97 Write 99 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 86.7 114% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2640, 2640, 2640 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.2 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 24.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 74%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,762 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,434x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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	327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

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 $45	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