MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	196% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit 色彩, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '19 at 07:43
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 below expectations (27^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 597 57% 471 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 92.8 Parallax 85 83% 93.3 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 89.9 Splatting 78.2 73% 91.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 340 305 309 313 296 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 2,042 Write 675 Mixed 573 SusWrite 321 197% 903 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 50.9 217% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,079 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 371 348% 564 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 243%
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 257GB free Firmware: X4120000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 276 278 276 275 275 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 373 Mixed 248 SusWrite 284 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 35.7 149% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 216 188% 279 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 104%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 143 139 144 143 143 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 167 Write 194 Mixed 111 SusWrite 144 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 307% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 107%
ST3000DM 001-1CH166 3TB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 195GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 186 185 186 185 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 158 Write 88.7 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 185 163% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 69%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	74.7% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 24.5 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 93%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,762 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	1,434x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	628x
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	327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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