MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.7% 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	64.6% 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 (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	23 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '17 at 15:59
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	57%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 222 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 536 57% 457 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (98 fps cap detected)	78.7% Very good	Lighting 95.5 Reflection 97.7 Parallax 76.9 78% 90 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 97 Splatting 99.1 80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12612656 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -63617055587934 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 245 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 39 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 44 34362621982 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 34362621982 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12612656 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12612656 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12612656 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 47244640256 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1181 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1065 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1065 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1223 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2228232	64.6% Good	Read 450 Write 119 Mixed 156 52% 241 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 15.9 119% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 95.8 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 33.1 48% 88.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 642GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 220562602 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 305 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5844217 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 416 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 236 (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 74 62 436994074 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 307 (C2) HDA temperature 26 5 21474836506 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 220562602 (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 -86264418139770 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1538088896 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2796725744	74.9% Very good	Read 134 Write 127 Mixed 115 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.22 62% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 302 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 333GB free, PID a207 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 83.9 Write 84.8 Mixed 57.4 95% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.2 62% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 22.8 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 25.1 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 85%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,761 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	1,433x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	628x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	530x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $592

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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