MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '21 at 23:39
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 223 88% 152 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 688 68% 557 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2197 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 120 Parallax 110 85% 111 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 108 Splatting 106 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 484 Write 346 Mixed 147 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 35.9 127% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 90.2 DQ Mixed 109 101% 160 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 82%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 218GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 131 98 92 87 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 497 Write 466 Mixed 199 SusWrite 137 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 38 140% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 178 141% 201 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 88%
OCZ Trion 150 960GB-$190 3,375 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 320GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 468 185 287 290 294 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 485 Mixed 387 SusWrite 325 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 42 158% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 194 183% 285 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.M8FADG 4x4GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 24.9 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 24.8 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 63: 7R 6G 10B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
63%	55%	42	325	259	144	24"	1920 1080	ACI24E1 VG248

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,762 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	1,434x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	628x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	530x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $577

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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