MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.5% 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	205% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

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Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '20 at 12:17
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 93% 170 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 767 77% 624 Pts	64-Core 756 47% 756 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1474) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.5% Average	Lighting 48 Reflection 55.4 Parallax 45 39% 49.5 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 48 Splatting 62.6 49% 59.7 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 773 520 575 487 457 490 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 959 Write 1,081 Mixed 858 SusWrite 550 194% 862 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 68.4 238% 89.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,393 DQ Write 1,285 DQ Mixed 951 820% 1,210 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 262%
Intenso Sata III 507GB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 84GB free Firmware: Q0823B SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 413 432 433 434 433 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 442 Mixed 309 SusWrite 421 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 42.8 164% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 213 189% 282 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 154GB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 160 51 65 445 440 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 515 Write 463 Mixed 30.2 SusWrite 258 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 23.3 4K Mixed 0.5 47% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 28 DQ Mixed 0.5 21% 54.6 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 100%
Seagate Expansion Desk 6TB 270 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1.5TB free, PID 331a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 86 88 91 94 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 112 Write 141 Mixed 111 SusWrite 89.5 156% 113 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.7 195% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 72%
Seagate M3 Portable 4TB 578 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 426GB free, PID 61b7 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 68 73 75 68 68 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 64 Write 85 Mixed 68 SusWrite 68.7 100% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.5 176% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 56%
Intenso Portable SSD 128GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 157% 84GB free, PID 0579 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 91 51 40 40 40 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 388 Write 337 Mixed 320 SusWrite 101 369% 286 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 60.2 4K Mixed 20.2 2,823% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 22.3 DQ Write 69.8 DQ Mixed 21.2 3,178% 37.8 MB/s
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 269%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2400 CL16 8GB 4x8GB 376 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.7% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.4 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 24.2 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 112%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) Builds (Compare 2,770 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 58%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,440x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	630x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	164x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	532x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	327x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	311x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	126x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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	86x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $582

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16