MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.1% 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	122% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	56.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	9.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '21 at 20:37
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$170 588,978 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 (96^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 138 2-Core 250 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 771 76% 624 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.1% Very good	Lighting 94 Reflection 101 Parallax 94.6 77% 96.4 fps	MRender 89.7 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 92 75% 91.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$48 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 285GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 417 417 423 410 403 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 472 Mixed 448 SusWrite 412 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 56.3 195% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 294 240% 342 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 125%
Sabrent AS2115 250GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 204GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 311 311 312 300 275 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70% Very good	Read 388 Write 374 Mixed 341 SusWrite 307 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 28.6 96% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 95.4 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 93.4 81% 117 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 70%
WD WD100EZAZ-11TDBA0 10TB 394 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 202 202 199 196 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 199 Mixed 106 SusWrite 199 128% 175 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.1 319% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 115%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 444GB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 86 85 85 85 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 88.5 Write 94.1 Mixed 57.4 SusWrite 84.8 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 68%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 244 247 248 246 248 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 84%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 1,739 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 58GB free, PID 0749 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 30 30 31 31 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	Read 37.8 Write 30.1 Mixed 31.4 SusWrite 30.5 43% 32.5 MB/s	4K Read 8.3 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 3.9 272% 5.13 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/16G 04CD F4-3200C16-16GIS KHX2400C15/16G 04CD F4-3200C16-16GIS 64GB 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 25.7 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 25.7 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	40.1"	1280 720	SAM0B60 SAMSUNG

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,805 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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,463x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	634x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	538x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	331x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	313x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	128x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	120x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	130x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	89x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	88x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $720

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363