MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	70.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '19 at 15:12
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 212 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 767 77% 624 Pts	64-Core 766 47% 766 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1513 MHz, MLim: 1770 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.7% Very good	Lighting 104 Reflection 106 Parallax 95.8 85% 102 fps	MRender 89.6 Gravity 93.4 Splatting 0.13 44% 61 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7SB7S512G1122 512GB 1,543 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 294GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3540000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 249 243 235 242 240 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 454 Mixed 301 SusWrite 249 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 41 165% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 215 187% 280 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 100%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 165 164 169 168 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 175 Mixed 39 SusWrite 167 102% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 157% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GB 2,314 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 28 92% 32 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 27.7 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 93%

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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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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,227 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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	553x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	360x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	222x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	73x
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 $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	61x
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 $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