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MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). 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	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150807
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '22 at 18:45
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$130 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 94.1 2-Core 181 69% 119 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 506 52% 419 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$449 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.4% Very good	Lighting 98.9 Reflection 113 Parallax 107 81% 106 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 89.1 77% 94.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 287 133 126 119 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 349 Mixed 338 SusWrite 191 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 48 160% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 348 262% 350 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$33 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 90GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 126 157 161 161 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 171 Mixed 102 SusWrite 141 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.3% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 20.5 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 18.4 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 99%

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

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,294 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) - $174

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	579x
Core i5-6600KIntel $90Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	386x
Core i7-6700Intel $130Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	85x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	238x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	77x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	73x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	94x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	25x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	69x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	47x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $36Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	38x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $726

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Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $84
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $370