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MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160512
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '17 at 08:17
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$90 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 142 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 561 75% 560 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$200 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 117 Parallax 112 94% 115 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 104 Splatting 103 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Zotac Sonix NVMe PCIe 480GB-$797 250 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 447GB free Firmware: E7FM01.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,155 Write 1,303 Mixed 1,268 348% 1,575 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 28.3 173% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 675 DQ Write 568 DQ Mixed 123 228% 455 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 244%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$99 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 52GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6223 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3916 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 61 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 132 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6349342510	92.4% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 231 Mixed 353 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 28.1 153% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 23 93% 209 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 118%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$40 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 124 124 25789727025 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 673 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 43 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1374 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 548 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 675 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 675 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 180389675029 (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 200 200 0	77.8% Very good	Read 177 Write 94.3 Mixed 123 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.23 91% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 108%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$26 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 248GB free Firmware: 03.03E03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 132 4216 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12225 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18000 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 10940 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 268 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12225 (C2) HDA temperature 120 85 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 13 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	56.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 96.6 Mixed 97.5 74% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.47 113% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 58%
Kingston SNA-DC/U 320GB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 49GB free, PID 6298 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 38.2 Write 37.6 Mixed 21.6 40% 32.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.32 65% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$36 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 26.9 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 26.1 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 88%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) - $167

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,526x
Core i5-6600KIntel $90Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	660x
Core i7-6700Intel $150Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	179x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	556x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	345x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	330x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	131x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	122x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	72x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	133x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	99x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	93x

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Total price: $619

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