MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.6% 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	68.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151214
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '17 at 23:06
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$219 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 288 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 773 78% 631 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 114 Parallax 99.4 86% 106 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 101 Splatting 98.7 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2BW240A4 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 59GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 125 125 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 382 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2124 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 381 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 74667 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 201863987227 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	7.56% Terrible	Read 61.5 Write 74.9 Mixed 72.2 16% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.18 2% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.56% Great: 15%
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2320000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 221 100 733 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 614 (A6) Unknown 100 100 275 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 327 (A9) Unknown 100 100 227 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 333 (AE) Unknown 100 100 109 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 100 240518168620 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3087 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 28401 (F1) Unknown 253 253 17111 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4763	68.2% Good	Read 487 Write 174 Mixed 252 66% 304 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 3.96 112% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 25.2 58% 121 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 71%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 479GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7933 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1978 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8413 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1823 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 299 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1678 (C2) HDA temperature 122 88 30 (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 1	54% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 88.4 Mixed 80.3 67% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.3 89% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M4A2800C16 0215 CMK16GX4M4A2800C16 0215 CMK8GX4M2A2800C16 0215 CMK8GX4M2A2800C16 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.8% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 22.6 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 23.6 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 72%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,781 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

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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	1,448x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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) $39	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