MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '22 at 19:57
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 229 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 660 64% 526 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Nvidia(10DE 13D3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.3% Very good	Lighting 87.1 Reflection 112 Parallax 72.9 71% 90.8 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 78.5 Splatting 70.9 69% 86.6 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$88 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,569 Write 1,999 Mixed 1,736 397% 1,768 MB/s	4K Read 57.7 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 79.1 263% 92.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,139 DQ Write 864 DQ Mixed 994 745% 999 MB/s
Poor: 149% Great: 365%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 70 67 69 73 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 68.8 Write 104 Mixed 41.2 SusWrite 68.6 52% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.3 69% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 108%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 750GB-$125 23,438 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 455GB free Firmware: JA2OA560 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 38 34 35 38 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 73.3 Write 37.3 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 37.5 31% 42.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 57%
Intenso Micro Line 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 14GB free, PID 2000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 9.3 7.5 11 7.2 11 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	8.89% Terrible	Read 20.2 Write 20.9 Mixed 20.4 SusWrite 9.8 24% 17.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.5 98% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.89% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2133 C15 4x4GB 355 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 20.5 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 100%

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

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Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	559x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	369x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	226x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	74x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	70x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	63x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	37x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $768

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