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MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics96.8% 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 Drive94% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7984
MotherboardMSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)  (all builds)
Memory12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180616
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateNov 15 '20 at 06:20
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User ZAF-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7400-$70
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
77.6% Very good
Memory 81.7
1-Core 107
2-Core 210
75% 133 Pts
4-Core 425
8-Core 425
57% 425 Pts
64-Core 374
23% 374 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 77.6%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400
CLim: 1650 MHz, MLim: 955 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.12.3
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
96.8% Outstanding
Lighting 118
Reflection 90.1
Parallax 171
96% 126 fps
MRender 91.2
Gravity 132
Splatting 131
98% 118 fps
Poor: 77%
This bench: 96.8%
Great: 94%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Liteonit LCT-256M3S 2.5 7mm 256GB
41GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VRDC
SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 334 291 359 291 350 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
94% Outstanding
Read 468
Write 355
Mixed 272
SusWrite 326
80% 355 MB/s
4K Read 32
4K Write 81.1
4K Mixed 37.4
139% 50.2 MB/s
DQ Read 298
DQ Write 270
DQ Mixed 37
96% 202 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 94%
Great: 94%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB
1TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 130 129 128 129 129 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
71.7% Very good
Read 121
Write 131
Mixed 65
SusWrite 129
82% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.9
176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 71.7%
Great: 77%
Seagate ST4000VX000-1F4168 4TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: CV13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 3.1 1.9 2.2 2.3 1 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
40.1% Average
Read 137
Write 2
Mixed 4.5
SusWrite 2.2
26% 36.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 40.1%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA851U6AFR6N-UH Kingston KHX2666C15D4/4G HMA851U6AFR6N-UH 859B BLS4G4D26BFSB.8FE 16GB
2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
78.8% Very good
MC Read 28.6
MC Write 31.2
MC Mixed 25.3
81% 28.4 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 29.8
SC Mixed 22.1
66% 23.2 GB/s
Latency 77.5
52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 79%
This bench: 78.8%
Great: 80%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,294 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 45%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 38%
Jet ski

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $726
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