MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	20.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160512
Uptime	8.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '18 at 23:29
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 236 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 645 68% 542 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 143 Parallax 122 107% 132 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 129 Splatting 105 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 180GB 4,011 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 67GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -93905164941122 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 876 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 66 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 44 52 73017851948 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 104260 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 94 94 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 104260 (F2) Unknown 100 100 199275 (F9) Unknown 100 100 35288	60.7% Good	Read 464 Write 150 Mixed 206 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 13.6 96% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 30.6 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 10.9 40% 82.8 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 82%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 116 123257794 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 -57277683829985 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1110 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 996 (B1) Unknown 0 0 27 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 2268 (BD) vendor-specific 38 80 55839817766 (C2) HDA temperature 38 80 55839817766 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 123257794 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 8 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 123257794 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 123257794 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 85 85 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 82733 (EA) Unknown 0 0 25754 (F1) Unknown 0 0 25754 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19847	67.2% Good	Read 496 Write 145 Mixed 187 60% 276 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 14.9 121% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 31.2 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 11.9 31% 62.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 73%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 615GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 147 10483 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 196 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12637 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 195 (10) Unknown 9 191 165067626318 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 131 (C2) HDA temperature 104 94 48 (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	99.4% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 163 Mixed 144 122% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.78 4K Mixed 0.23 100% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 100%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 146GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 160 6683 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3364 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 33931 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1277 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 320 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 107 107 281828 (C2) HDA temperature 108 83 42 (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	49.3% Average	Read 93.2 Write 78.5 Mixed 74.9 62% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.25 79% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 8,912 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71% Very good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 22.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 23 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 125%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,760 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	1,433x
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	530x
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 $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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $592

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 $179	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