MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	67% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150807
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '19 at 16:35
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	19%

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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 i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 194 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 619 60% 494 Pts	64-Core 621 38% 621 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 80%

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: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 136 Parallax 115 105% 127 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 128 Splatting 104 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 119 130 139 136 136 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 294 Write 211 Mixed 239 SusWrite 131 49% 219 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 32.1 132% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 172 127% 164 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 85%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 298GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 415 432 456 456 303 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 463 Mixed 430 SusWrite 415 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 57.3 194% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 328 248% 332 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 179 179 179 179 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 149 Mixed 89.7 SusWrite 179 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 924GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 97 95 97 97 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 56 Mixed 59 SusWrite 96.5 57% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 788GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 169 171 172 172 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 163 Mixed 67 SusWrite 171 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C13 2x8GB 2,810 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.1% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 14 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 15.5 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 97%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,231 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $300	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