MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.6% 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	59.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150902
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '17 at 04:23
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 207 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 415 56% 416 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 1962) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.6% Below average	Lighting 45.1 Reflection 44.2 Parallax 38.6 37% 42.6 fps	MRender 37.7 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 35 30% 37.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2201000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 178 100 1202 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 794 (A6) Unknown 100 100 208 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 260 (A9) Unknown 100 100 116 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 253 (AE) Unknown 100 100 100 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 100 176093659166 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 8 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 19925 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8050 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9149	59.2% Above average	Read 489 Write 173 Mixed 256 67% 306 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 3.67 83% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 20.7 51% 105 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 71%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 488GB free Firmware: 0108 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 111 Write 120 Mixed 88.5 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 4.16 4K Mixed 0.48 166% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 65%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 195GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 127 127 25789530406 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6253 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11641 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 794 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6260 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6260 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 154618691611 (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 200 200 0	80.6% Excellent	Read 151 Write 130 Mixed 53.9 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.15 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBF1X08QFHH38-135-K 2x8GB 10,593 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	76.7% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 23.6 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 21.8 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 103%

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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 $81Bench 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 $400Bench 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 $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	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 $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 $15	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