MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


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 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '19 at 18:12
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	10%

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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 as expected (49^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 219 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 665 62% 516 Pts	64-Core 675 42% 675 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 148 Parallax 138 110% 140 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 135 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$277 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 145 168 166 167 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 484 Mixed 345 SusWrite 193 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 40.2 148% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 202 185% 281 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 173 175 176 178 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 114 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 174 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
ASMT 2115 1.5TB 96 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 680GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 75 73 75 74 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 118 Write 115 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 74.6 124% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 85% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 47%
Seagate Backup+ BL 1TB 569 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 553GB free, PID a013 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 108 112 109 112 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 92.8 Write 46.2 Mixed 53.2 SusWrite 109 99% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 44%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 16GB 16,813 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 10GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5 3.7 3.8 3 3 3.3 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	6.55% Terrible	Read 31 Write 3.2 Mixed 6 SusWrite 3.6 10% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.55% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 3,679 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.8% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 24.9 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 20.7 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 115%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,762 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) - $127

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,434x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	628x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	530x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	129x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	88x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	85x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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