MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	75.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '18 at 10:28
Run Duration	488 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	5%

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-$163 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 743 77% 618 Pts	64-Core 749 46% 749 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBU-SNS6100S3256GD 256GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM08.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7988 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 303 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (AA) Unknown 100 100 4294968024 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5570660 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C2) HDA temperature 40 40 40 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 13 (DA) Unknown 100 100 13 (E9) Unknown 100 100 18013 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6706 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2569 (F4) Unknown 100 100 85 (F5) Unknown 100 100 100 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6031684 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 4937	75.9% Very good	Read 495 Write 326 Mixed 386 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 9.62 118% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 32.9 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 9.76 26% 53.1 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 76%
Seagate ST500DM005 HD502HJ 500GB 10,272 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 465GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 82 81 5579 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 968 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 917 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 942 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 150324117524 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 14 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1037	49.2% Average	Read 138 Write 33.9 Mixed 60.7 58% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 77%
WD Elements 25A2 2TB 18,040 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2TB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 109 Write 109 Mixed 103 137% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.19 75% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 61%
USB 2.0 SD MMC Reader 8GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 5GB free, PID 8123 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	3.65% Terrible	Read 15.2 Write 3.78 Mixed 5.85 8% 8.26 MB/s	4K Read 2.58 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.12 14% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.65% Great: 8%
Verbatim STORE N GO 4GB 2,873 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 0304 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.53% Terrible	Read 20.5 Write 6.74 Mixed 7.83 12% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 8.43 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.04 34% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.53% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2400 CL16 4GB 4x4GB 312 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 25 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 100%

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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 $163Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,463x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	634x
Core i7-6700Intel $163Bench 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 $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: $711

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $353