MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.3% 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	58% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '18 at 08:52
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$122 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 227 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 423 58% 429 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 22D2) CLim: 1212 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.11.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Lighting 25.8 Reflection 31.7 Parallax 32.9 21% 30.1 fps	MRender 30.6 Gravity 24.2 Splatting 34.3 25% 29.7 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Faspeed M3-120 120GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0628B SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 64 71 69 74 74 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58% Above average	Read 428 Write 258 Mixed 270 SusWrite 80.6 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 13.5 96% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 11.1 58% 128 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 337GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 144 156 157 157 156 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 159 Write 170 Mixed 73.9 SusWrite 154 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GB 30,824 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 11.2 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 11.3 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 42%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,449x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	631x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	166x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	534x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	329x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	312x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	87x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $621

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16