MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.6% 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	301% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '21 at 14:27
Run Duration	375 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 (97^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 271 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 713 73% 587 Pts	64-Core 735 46% 735 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 108 Parallax 98.2 85% 104 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 97.6 80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS100T3XHC-00SJG0 1TB 15,624 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 861GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1251 1493 1510 1513 1501 1500 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	301% Outstanding	Read 1963 Write 2,206 Mixed 1,766 SusWrite 1,461 417% 1,849 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 71.5 253% 97.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,362 DQ Write 1,122 DQ Mixed 1,239 929% 1,241 MB/s
Poor: 194% ↑ This bench: 301% Great: 334%
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 127GB free Firmware: UF4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 12 39 25 94 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 443 Write 329 Mixed 197 SusWrite 95 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 44.1 4K Mixed 19.1 82% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 94.6 DQ Mixed 40.3 49% 85.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 56%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 60GB free Firmware: 0009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 99 95 101 95 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 498 Write 101 Mixed 148 SusWrite 94.3 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 17.1 106% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 38.4 70% 144 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 21.5 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 20.8 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 102%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 68: 9R 6G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
68%	17%	116	209	101	240	48.8"	5120 1440	SAM71AC LS49AG95

History: Score 50: 7R 3G 6B | Score 56: 7R 6G 3B | Score 63: 8R 5G 8B | Score 68: 9R 6G 5B

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,755 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	1,430x
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