MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.3% 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	78.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160512
Uptime	10.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '17 at 07:54
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 147 2-Core 289 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 583 76% 571 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7A12) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.76% Terrible	Lighting 8.13 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.59 7% 9.59 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 6.97 Splatting 16.7 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.76% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.2 89% 106 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 100 Splatting 100 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Ignite 480GB-$148 2,730 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 167GB free Firmware: SAFM02.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3376 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 255 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 577 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196619 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1818	100% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 506 Mixed 498 113% 508 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 13.8 126% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 13.3 88% 203 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%
OCZ Trion 150 120GB-$50 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3698 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 283 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 195 195 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 67 62 163209871393 (F1) Unknown 100 100 185282	78.6% Very good	Read 515 Write 335 Mixed 345 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 9.59 101% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 85.3 DQ Mixed 42.4 74% 151 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 89%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 179 5825 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1803 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3682 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 279 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 176 176 73771 (C2) HDA temperature 119 112 31 (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 0	80.4% Excellent	Read 140 Write 141 Mixed 136 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.26 111% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 96%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 175 6100 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 278 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3694 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 278 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 172 172 86282 (C2) HDA temperature 119 114 31 (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 0	69.6% Good	Read 119 Write 123 Mixed 120 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.19 81% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 96%
JMicron 1TB 862 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 637GB free Firmware: 0203 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 90.2 Write 92.6 Mixed 87.4 68% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.3 89% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3400 C16 Series 2x8GB 4,679 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.7% Very good	MC Read 24 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 24 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.1 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 114%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,762 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	1,434x
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 $295	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