MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	190% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160330
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '16 at 05:46
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$40 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 147 2-Core 241 93% 162 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 414 55% 410 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% PwrHis(1787 201C) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.134.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 25% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 101GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6052 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 807 (B1) Unknown 98 98 16 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 63 50 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 5 (EB) Unknown 99 99 341 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6544443761	93.4% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 349 Mixed 343 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 24.5 146% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 62.1 89% 165 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 108%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$60 1,772 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 1,896 Write 669 Mixed 960 257% 1,175 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 199 4K Mixed 33.3 230% 95.6 MB/s	DQ Read 57.1 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 187 132% 160 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 213%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 221121256 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1747 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 4317114307 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2819 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1427 (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 71 52 21963145245 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 488 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17633 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 -140737488355299 (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 71214852737297 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11388116928 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13246978374	92.1% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 147 Mixed 154 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.25 73% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$8 9,864 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 25GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 155 Write 112 Mixed 126 162% 131 MB/s	4K Read 6.25 4K Write 3.44 4K Mixed 1.76 200% 3.82 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 19,779 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2833 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 32.2 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 30.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 96%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	362x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	74x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	36x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $778

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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