MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.4% 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	105% 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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	9.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '17 at 11:23
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	37%

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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 226 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 424 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gainward(10B0 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 114 Parallax 103 86% 108 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 93.2 78% 95.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13252 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 450 (B1) Unknown 95 95 103 (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 61 48 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 118 (F1) Unknown 99 99 46640793929	105% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 391 Mixed 403 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 41 160% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 63.4 109% 214 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Arrow TYPEC 525GB 24GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	17.5% Very poor	Read 42.4 Write 42.5 Mixed 42.5 10% 42.5 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 15.1 4K Mixed 11.3 39% 12.5 MB/s	DQ Read 17.9 DQ Write 26.2 DQ Mixed 18.6 15% 20.9 MB/s

Seagate ST4000DM005-2DP1 2TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 120207447 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2222 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 37604686 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 125258426226382 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 353 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 50 521535519 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1732 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14795 (C2) HDA temperature 31 50 68719476767 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -45311904971849 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4818794826 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6151180226	99.8% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 165 Mixed 128 118% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.25 88% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 100%
Seagate ST4000DM000-1F2168 2TB 167 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 31GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 28409832 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1241 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 81447840 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12980 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 449 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 49 538312736 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 39 39 123584 (C2) HDA temperature 32 51 64424509472 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -95623151871100 (F1) Unknown 100 253 36670081616 (F2) Unknown 100 253 443061327594	83.3% Excellent	Read 159 Write 131 Mixed 131 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.14 73% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 4,421 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.3% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.7 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 80%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,778 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	1,445x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	631x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	166x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	533x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	328x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	312x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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	87x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $575

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16