MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics85.2% 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 Drive266% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A12
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)  (all builds)
Memory25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit farver
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170503
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJul 14 '17 at 20:55
Run Duration117 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 23%
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 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
76.3% Very good
Memory 86.8
1-Core 110
2-Core 206
77% 134 Pts
4-Core 355
8-Core 630
59% 492 Pts
64-Core 607
38% 607 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 76.3%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
85.2% Excellent
Lighting 108
Reflection 114
Parallax 97.1
88% 106 fps
MRender 96
Gravity 96.3
Splatting 99.4
80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85.2%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB
298GB free
Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
89.3% Excellent
Read 482
Write 262
Mixed 275
75% 340 MB/s
4K Read 43.7
4K Write 64.8
4K Mixed 31.5
141% 46.6 MB/s
DQ Read 347
DQ Write 183
DQ Mixed 68.4
103% 199 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 89.3%
Great: 123%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
268GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
266% Outstanding
Read 2,636
Write 1,241
Mixed 1,443
389% 1,773 MB/s
4K Read 59.7
4K Write 142
4K Mixed 50.8
230% 84 MB/s
DQ Read 414
DQ Write 281
DQ Mixed 150
165% 282 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 266%
Great: 254%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.9% Very good
MC Read 26.1
MC Write 27.9
MC Mixed 22
72% 25.3 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 27.5
SC Mixed 23.2
63% 22.1 GB/s
Latency 70.6
57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 71.9%
Great: 106%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,757 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $592
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