MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '18 at 08:17
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 241 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 647 67% 539 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2862 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 204 Parallax 202 149% 196 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 189 Splatting 125 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,884 Write 1,202 Mixed 497 262% 1,194 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 51.4 185% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 780 DQ Mixed 747 494% 565 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 269GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 475 482 486 488 484 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 450 Mixed 408 SusWrite 477 103% 455 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 57.8 191% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 355 264% 347 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 44GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 37 38 34 37 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 422 Write 40.7 Mixed 63.2 SusWrite 37.2 30% 141 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 36.7 4K Mixed 23.8 86% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 53.4 DQ Mixed 65.5 72% 129 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 123%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 538GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 136 137 134 137 137 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 164 Write 161 Mixed 105 SusWrite 136 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 109%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 343GB free, PID 10a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 104 103 103 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 100 Write 74 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 103 111% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 108% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.1% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.2 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 18.9 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 114%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,756 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	1,431x
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 $279	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