MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.4% 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	116% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170503
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '20 at 23:13
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	0%

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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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 546 72% 541 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4014) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Lighting 98.1 Reflection 93 Parallax 96.8 80% 96 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 82.7 Splatting 75 72% 90.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 446GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 466 479 449 439 436 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 456 Mixed 347 SusWrite 444 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 49.6 176% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 199 189% 297 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 118%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 323GB free Firmware: PB4OC64G SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 72 73 73 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 69.7 Write 70.9 Mixed 38.1 SusWrite 72 46% 62.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 45%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 304GB free Firmware: 0006HPM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 95 96 96 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 91.9 Write 85.4 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 95.2 59% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 58%
SMI USB DISK 32GB 2,654 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 25GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 7.5 7.3 7.5 8 7.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	4.63% Terrible	Read 14.9 Write 15.2 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 8.2 15% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 11% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.63% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C12D4/8GX 16GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.3% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 16.8 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.2 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 86%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,756 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	1,431x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	627x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	529x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	326x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	308x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $592

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