MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	74.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '16 at 08:25
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 109 2-Core 284 88% 162 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 786 80% 646 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3176) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 1802 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Lighting 96.1 Reflection 93.5 Parallax 89.8 78% 93.1 fps	MRender 87 Gravity 83.8 Splatting 73.9 66% 81.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2211 960GB-$289 229 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 184GB free Firmware: CS221017 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1937 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 295 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1676 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65545 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1622	101% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 506 Mixed 508 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 14 121% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 64.9 121% 238 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 111%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 148GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4597508 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 91534343013201 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 325 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 133 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 48 77312557086 (C2) HDA temperature 30 48 77312557086 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4597508 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4597508 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4597508 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1756 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1362 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1362 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1172 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2293782	75.4% Very good	Read 505 Write 198 Mixed 247 69% 317 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 18.1 121% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 52.7 76% 140 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6538 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1253 (B1) Unknown 98 98 37 (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 68 52 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 343 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33707165274	114% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 398 Mixed 414 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 53.2 176% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 119 148% 264 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 984GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 96797472 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1107 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3580672 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5568 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1101 (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 60 522125343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 159 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2030 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 64424509471 (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 97925254354341 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17940409795 (F2) Unknown 100 253 119613821715	80.7% Excellent	Read 155 Write 127 Mixed 154 110% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.19 73% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 113%
Asmedia ASMT1053 250GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 144GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 62.7 Write 57.9 Mixed 52 43% 57.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.32 73% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 4x8GB 1,487 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 25.5 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 26.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 107%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 38%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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