MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	236% 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.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '17 at 04:19
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 84.9 1-Core 141 2-Core 257 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 620 68% 535 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2211 240GB-$90 1,866 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 145GB free Firmware: CS221016 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1886 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 808 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 391 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1048614 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 277 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3308	97.2% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 427 Mixed 461 105% 471 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 14.1 125% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 62.5 122% 243 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 108%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 2,288 Write 1,178 Mixed 1,474 363% 1,646 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 44.4 170% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 521 DQ Write 387 DQ Mixed 135 187% 347 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 210%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 532GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1759 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3460 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1680 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 681 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1077 (C2) HDA temperature 111 109 32 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 220 Write 131 Mixed 125 118% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.22 102% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
WD My Book 1144 4TB 168 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1.5TB free, PID 1144 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	40% Average	Read 117 Write 101 Mixed 78.7 122% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.14 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.1 15% 0.19 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x16GB 1,600 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.2% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 22.5 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 87%

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

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,755 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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	1,430x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	627x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	529x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	308x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $592

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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 $184	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