MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 27% Raft


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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '17 at 16:54
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	18%

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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 274 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 622 69% 542 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.6% Below average	Lighting 43.4 Reflection 40.7 Parallax 37.7 35% 40.6 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 38.8 Splatting 34.2 30% 37 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1017 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 600 (A5) Unknown 100 100 292107059892 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 41 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 20 (AE) Unknown 100 100 47 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 47 201864970275 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3423156044800 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2359 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3573 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2178 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3038 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79.5% Very good	Read 454 Write 278 Mixed 241 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 18.8 116% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 51.1 88% 175 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 93%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7241 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 371 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 498 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 193 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 346 (C2) HDA temperature 115 85 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	84.7% Excellent	Read 157 Write 138 Mixed 134 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 2.87 4K Mixed 0.47 158% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 464GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 100617085 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 193 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5577688 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 380 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 182 (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 61 555417631 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 193 (C2) HDA temperature 31 18 77309411359 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 100617085 (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 112244675314038 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2227432892 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1756704638	109% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 190 Mixed 163 136% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.33 98% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 1x8GB 1,490 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	40.4% Average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 12.1 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 12 32% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 48%

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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	553x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	360x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	222x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	73x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	61x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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