MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	56.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78.8% 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-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151022
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '16 at 11:16
Run Duration	330 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 149 2-Core 294 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 827 85% 687 Pts	64-Core 826 51% 826 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Asus(1043 04DD) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Lighting 70.5 Reflection 63.2 Parallax 84.2 58% 72.6 fps	MRender 61.3 Gravity 56.1 Splatting 78.4 55% 65.3 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$123 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 27GB free Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 100 100 125 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 254 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 45 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 3312 (A5) Unknown 100 100 17 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 180 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 20139 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10339 (F5) Unknown 100 100 26496	82% Excellent	Read 491 Write 289 Mixed 368 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 17.9 116% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 60.4 98% 185 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 114%
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3805 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 510 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 200 (AF) Unknown 100 100 12898927223 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 67 555417633 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 200 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 146111 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 31 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 49 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 214 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 146111 (F2) Unknown 100 100 107941	78.8% Very good	Read 487 Write 272 Mixed 357 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 11.7 114% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 106 116% 194 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 95%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 185 185 328 (03) Spinup time 172 171 6391 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 375 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 2 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 878 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 77 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1787 (C2) HDA temperature 117 107 33 (C4) Reallocation count 198 198 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 192 192 2874 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	32.1% Below average	Read 7.16 Write 104 Mixed 55.9 42% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.24 96% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 534GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 165 6591 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6766 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12381 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2784 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 303 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 160 160 122327 (C2) HDA temperature 117 107 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.6% Good	Read 121 Write 101 Mixed 95 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.22 78% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 67%
SONY WALKMAN 64GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 32GB free, PID 0b79 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	4.85% Terrible	Read 17.4 Write 4.64 Mixed 8.87 11% 10.3 MB/s	4K Read 2.92 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 21% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.85% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$37 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 30.4 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 41.3 SC Mixed 31.1 91% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 104%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 38%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	363x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	223x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16