MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160724
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '17 at 14:41
Run Duration	296 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 225 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 674 66% 541 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 8C94) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.8% Above average	Lighting 73.2 Reflection 74.1 Parallax 65.9 60% 71.1 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 68.9 Splatting 70.8 57% 69.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNTE256HMHP-000L2 256GB 1,123 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 163GB free Firmware: EXT26L0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 469 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 171 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4411 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 37 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 199 199 33 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (EC) Unknown 99 99 3 (ED) Unknown 99 99 4 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0	86.8% Excellent	Read 510 Write 252 Mixed 326 80% 362 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 18.4 132% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 40.4 99% 209 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 91%
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0330AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 572 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 18 (A3) Unknown 100 100 326 (94) Unknown 100 100 151302 (95) Unknown 100 100 2075 (96) Unknown 100 100 1968 (97) Unknown 100 100 2044 (A4) Unknown 100 100 48858 (A5) Unknown 100 100 77 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 38 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38651000061979 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 276934 (F2) Unknown 100 100 49326 (F5) Unknown 100 100 288567 (F6) Unknown 100 100 302604 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	77.7% Very good	Read 487 Write 247 Mixed 270 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 24.4 110% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 28.9 75% 163 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 92%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 134 134 21493448987 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 18 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3612 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 43 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 158915100702 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	99.6% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 160 Mixed 161 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.2 84% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 108%
WD My Passport 259F 3TB 1,516 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2TB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 126 Write 112 Mixed 106 144% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.23 75% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 49%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 810GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 91.5 Write 90.7 Mixed 81.3 112% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.27 82% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 44%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 400GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	29.3% Poor	Read 64.2 Write 65.4 Mixed 85.1 95% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.15 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 44%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 393 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 59GB free, PID 0723 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 19.1 Write 20 Mixed 19.5 25% 19.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 2.31 211% 4 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x16GB 65 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 23.2 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 23.7 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 93%

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) - $127

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,431x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	627x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	529x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	308x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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