MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.3% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '20 at 06:20
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 692 75% 597 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 117 Parallax 110 94% 114 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 480GB 4,519 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSF031C SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 270 136 180 118 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 490 Write 463 Mixed 390 SusWrite 184 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 45.3 159% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 83 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 145 129% 186 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 95%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 208GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 75 75 76 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	43% Average	Read 74.7 Write 68.2 Mixed 39.2 SusWrite 74.8 47% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 61%
hp x900w 126GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 117GB free, PID 8140 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.4 19 0.2 19 19 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 246 Write 19.5 Mixed 93 SusWrite 10.3 90% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 13.7 4K Mixed 9.9 854% 12.4 MB/s	DQ Read 17.4 DQ Write 14 DQ Mixed 10.7 905% 14 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 83%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 7TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 175 176 184 179 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Read 176 Write 185 Mixed 122 SusWrite 178 224% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GB 2,314 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 93%

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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