MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	May 06 '17 at 09:29
Run Duration	352 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$88 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 417 56% 415 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 3351) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Lighting 47.1 Reflection 32 Parallax 39.2 38% 39.4 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 42.4 Splatting 37.4 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$65 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 113GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 936 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 313 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 74 63 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 834986220	105% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 447 Mixed 466 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 38.8 153% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 115 126% 208 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 119%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$65 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 306 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 117 (B1) Unknown 99 99 15 (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 70 58 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2977474791
Poor: 71% Great: 119%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 171 4425 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 116 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 91 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 78 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1533 (C2) HDA temperature 123 112 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	86.4% Excellent	Read 155 Write 146 Mixed 145 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.27 109% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 84%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 847GB free Firmware: 2BA30003 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 93 91 2398 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 338 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 313 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 291 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 536766 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 14 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3776 (C2) HDA temperature 64 59 176094445589 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 227 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 282 (F1) Unknown 94 92 9021054 (F2) Unknown 90 89 14308032 (FE) Unknown 252 252 0	55.9% Above average	Read 99.4 Write 95.2 Mixed 93 72% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.4 106% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 59%
ST2000DM 001-1CH164 2TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free, PID 0611 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 187 Write 170 Mixed 138 206% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.33 75% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 70%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB 5,796 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID a81d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	8.04% Terrible	Read 31.9 Write 6.96 Mixed 10.1 16% 16.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.95 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.004 30% 2.65 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.04% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$40 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	68.5% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 21.4 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 18.6 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 79%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,460x
Core i5-6600KIntel $120Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	634x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	168x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	538x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	331x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	313x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	128x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	69x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	130x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	89x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	88x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $720

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Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
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