MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	45.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7980
Motherboard	MSI Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '17 at 22:05
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (99^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 701 74% 594 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 47GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1756 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 117 (64) Unknown 100 100 107616 (65) Unknown 100 100 47392 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 48 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 65 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 651 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 193274576925 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 183 (EA) Unknown 100 100 154 (F1) Unknown 100 100 171 (F2) Unknown 100 100 475 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	63.5% Good	Read 473 Write 190 Mixed 186 62% 283 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 9.78 86% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 20.9 62% 137 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 82%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 586 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2919 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 454 (64) Unknown 100 100 248789568 (65) Unknown 100 100 4190032 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 144 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 114 0 149512 (B2) Unknown 100 100 1 (B4) Unknown 100 100 632 (B7) Unknown 81 81 198 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 30 100 210454446110 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 586 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 585 (E7) Temperature 0 0 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 479990 (EA) Unknown 100 100 24346 (F1) Unknown 100 100 445802 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6520 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1866	45.1% Average	Read 421 Write 178 Mixed 198 58% 266 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 44.4 4K Mixed 5.92 57% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 22.5 DQ Write 38.3 DQ Mixed 6.25 12% 22.4 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 82%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 824GB free Firmware: AX1P1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 1697 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 60 (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 98 98 956 (0A) Spinup retry count 101 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 58 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 427 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6008 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 150324838426 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 683 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 268 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	59.6% Above average	Read 105 Write 102 Mixed 103 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.2 71% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 62%
Lexar JumpDrive S25 USB 3.0 32GB-$13 3,792 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 5GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 153 Write 40 Mixed 54.4 84% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.59 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.69 68% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-15-15 D4-2133 2x8GB 1,169 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 20.6 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 21.9 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 80%

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Typical Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980) Builds (Compare 490 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 Z170I GAMING PRO AC (MS-7980)

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	176x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	134x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	76x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	49x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
Ultra II 960GBSanDisk $226Bench 85%, 35,454 samples	17x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	27x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x
DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 2,314 samples	24x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $450

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16