MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	209% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171213
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '18 at 08:08
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 603 69% 537 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3176) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	64.5% Good	Lighting 82.4 Reflection 83.2 Parallax 74.8 67% 80.1 fps	MRender 79.9 Gravity 74.6 Splatting 66 59% 73.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 281GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 847 634 662 575 602 554 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1551 Write 1,567 Mixed 527 SusWrite 646 239% 1,073 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 58.2 203% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,138 DQ Write 903 DQ Mixed 801 659% 947 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 254%
PNY CS2211 960GB-$289 229 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 184GB free Firmware: CS221017 SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 415 409 423 32 363 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 425 Mixed 339 SusWrite 346 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 41.1 155% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 180 182% 293 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 111%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 80GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,208 Write 4431 Mixed 5,484 1,264% 5,708 MB/s	4K Read 597 4K Write 321 4K Mixed 404 1,593% 441 MB/s	DQ Read 1,338 DQ Write 979 DQ Mixed 1,034 806% 1,117 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 548GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 141 148 141 149 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 151 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 144 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 108%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 138 146 139 146 138 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 150 Write 137 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 142 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 101%
Patriot Memory 64GB 1,048 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 54GB free, PID 5500, Patriot 64GB Supersonic Rage Series USB 3.0 Flash Drive - PEF64GSRUSB Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 138 145 129 148 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 193 Write 85 Mixed 50 SusWrite 138 142% 117 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 55% 4.17 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 3,586 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 30.1 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 29.3 85% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 114%

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Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	362x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	74x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	69x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	88x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	62x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	44x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	36x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $778

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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