MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	69.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A12
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180704
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '20 at 19:15
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 75.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 73% 131 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 619 58% 480 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.6% 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 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.5% Good	Lighting 99.5 Reflection 114 Parallax 104 81% 106 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 100 Splatting 0.1 47% 65.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Spark 256GB 1,848 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM71.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.8 3.9 11 8.5 33 0.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 394 Write 91.1 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 10.9 31% 144 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 33.1 4K Mixed 20.7 88% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 45.3 DQ Mixed 103 83% 121 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 198 181 200 201 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 197 Mixed 87 SusWrite 197 125% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 112%
WD WD20SPZX-11CRAT0 2TB 18,166 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: 12066712 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 107 103 112 110 112 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 111 Write 93.4 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 109 70% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 76%
Adata ED600 1TB 614 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 930GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 110 108 109 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 101 Write 73.2 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 109 63% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 72%
Kingston DataTraveler R3.0 G2 USB 3.0 32GB-$30 1,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 26GB free, PID 16a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 88 73 83 90 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 134 Write 53.7 Mixed 32.3 SusWrite 85.4 91% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 8.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 1.3 94% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2666 4x4GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 20.6 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 88.6 45% 88.6 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 108%

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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 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 $81Bench 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 $94Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $577

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