MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '17 at 19:25
Run Duration	367 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$120 342,244 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 (98^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 518 64% 487 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64% Good	Lighting 81.7 Reflection 79.4 Parallax 67.9 67% 76.3 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 72.7 Splatting 71.9 59% 72 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 257GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1892 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 185 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 70 54 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3181420150
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221 10,770 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 238 100 238 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 819 (A6) Unknown 100 100 336 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 387 (A9) Unknown 100 100 376 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 439 (AE) Unknown 100 100 46 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 100 274877906988 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3655 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 66141 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8077 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13591	71.6% Very good	Read 430 Write 325 Mixed 386 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 4.27 92% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 27.8 72% 150 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 84%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 26GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 397 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 75 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8594063418 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 29 304942678062 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 81606017049 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 425 (EA) Unknown 100 100 546 (F1) Unknown 253 253 489 (F2) Unknown 253 253 113 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	64.1% Good	Read 490 Write 198 Mixed 271 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 69.2 4K Mixed 6.42 81% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 3.42 64% 149 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 86%
Sandisk SD8SBAT256G1122 1TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 818GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698548 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1966 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5715 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 820 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11359 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11359 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 171799412765 (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	100% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 175 Mixed 168 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.22 96% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 100%
hp v150w 8GB 240 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 2d40 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	5.4% Terrible	Read 18.4 Write 4.22 Mixed 5.17 9% 9.25 MB/s	4K Read 7.67 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.002 29% 2.56 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.4% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.2% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 23.2 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 22.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 107%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	559x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	370x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	83x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	226x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	74x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	70x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	63x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	37x

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Total price: $768

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