MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.8% 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.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '17 at 09:50
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 135 2-Core 270 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 528 71% 528 Pts	64-Core 529 33% 529 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 68.3 65% 75.3 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 70.8 Splatting 69.6 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1414 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1426 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 69 (A3) Unknown 100 100 22 (A4) Unknown 100 100 77487 (A5) Unknown 100 100 117 (A6) Unknown 100 100 19 (A7) Unknown 100 100 74 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 64 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 123207 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 393062 (F2) Unknown 100 100 258833 (F5) Unknown 100 100 619896	95.8% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 363 Mixed 430 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 29.1 137% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 20 86% 191 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 103%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 135GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2348 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8993 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2341 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2308 (C2) HDA temperature 107 99 36 (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 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	80.4% Excellent	Read 142 Write 138 Mixed 141 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.32 116% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 109%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 10GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 40 195 (03) Spinup time 86 86 5140 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 8679 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 31676 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 8613 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 40 195 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 11930 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 60 420675609 (C2) HDA temperature 68 57 538116128 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 86242 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 39 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 97 28 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 285 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	48.4% Average	Read 81.1 Write 87.2 Mixed 61.1 57% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.44 109% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/8G 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C14 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 26.7 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 25 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 83%

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Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $245Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16