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MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.4% 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	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

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '16 at 00:36
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$149 588,978 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 (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 735 76% 614 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$170 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 117 Parallax 110 84% 110 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 95.7 Splatting 101 81% 98.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 179GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2190 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 402 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3612836606	97.1% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 373 Mixed 407 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 42.4 4K Mixed 41.7 124% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 120 149% 265 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 134%
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB-$110 2,356 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3811 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1110 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81083216 (AE) Unknown 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 142 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 96 96 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6765 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10684 (F9) Unknown 100 100 381490416	89.4% Excellent	Read 499 Write 440 Mixed 480 106% 473 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 44 4K Mixed 23.9 87% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 82.4 138% 267 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 108%
OCZ Trion 150 960GB-$740 3,375 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 49GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 542 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 137 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 73 58 180389937179 (F1) Unknown 100 100 52611	74.9% Very good	Read 501 Write 311 Mixed 338 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 9.67 82% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 46 100% 208 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 103%
WDC WD30 EFRX-68EUZN0 3TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2.5TB free, PID 2775 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 150 Write 137 Mixed 114 168% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.27 92% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 30.9 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 44.1 SC Mixed 32 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,900 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 $149Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,512x
Core i5-6600KIntel $102Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	652x
Core i7-6700Intel $149Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	178x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $170Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	552x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	339x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	326x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	129x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	121x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	71x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	132x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	97x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	92x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $574

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $248	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350