MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.79% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	103% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160512
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 17 '17 at 12:55
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 632 65% 526 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 320 2,109 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Sapphire(174B 2150) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	3.79% Terrible	Lighting 4.87 Reflection 6.46 Parallax 1.94 4% 4.42 fps	MRender 6.19 Gravity 3.23 Splatting 3.57 3% 4.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.79% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 395GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q 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 99 99 2177 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 314 (B1) Unknown 99 99 18 (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 61 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 26 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6056456477	103% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 500 Mixed 511 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 28 161% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 40.1 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 28.1 39% 67.3 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 197 9108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 920 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2162 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 310 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2265 (C2) HDA temperature 117 114 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	68.9% Good	Read 120 Write 120 Mixed 105 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.27 96% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 99%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 645GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 20905 (03) Spinup time 114 108 7300 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5443 (05) Reallocated sector count 172 172 217 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20584 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4343 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 680 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 60783 (C2) HDA temperature 110 94 37 (C4) Reallocation count 136 136 64 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 199 215 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 198 72 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 199 171 351	56.3% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 96.1 Mixed 98.4 74% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.25 91% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C13 2x8GB 2,810 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.7 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 24.1 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 97%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,434x
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	327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $577

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