MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '16 at 01:20
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$49 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 85.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 237 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 461 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% MSI(1462 3102) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 21.9 Reflection 17.2 Parallax 19.9 18% 19.7 fps	MRender 25.7 Gravity 23.4 Splatting 16.9 18% 22 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 376GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 100 253 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 5 (C2) HDA temperature 111 106 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	84.8% Excellent	Read 155 Write 141 Mixed 137 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.23 84% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 104%
WD WD3200AAKX-001CA0 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 392GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 192 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 510 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 191 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 183 (C2) HDA temperature 112 104 31 (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	69.6% Good	Read 125 Write 117 Mixed 107 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.24 110% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 25.4 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 23.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 95%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,248 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) - $174

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	559x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	370x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	83x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	226x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	74x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	70x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	63x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	37x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $768

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