MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52.5% 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	116% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171213
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '18 at 21:52
Run Duration	307 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 759 78% 627 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.5% Above average	Lighting 66.8 Reflection 64.1 Parallax 59.4 54% 63.4 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 61.3 Splatting 51.3 49% 61 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 456GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3258 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 37 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 59 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11412575645	116% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 399 Mixed 418 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 52.1 184% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 132 150% 258 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 423GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13638 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2905 (B1) Unknown 99 99 50 (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 73 61 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 37 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23630468674	122% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 501 Mixed 513 115% 513 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 45.7 176% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 172 181% 298 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$73 8,426 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 605GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 204 173 6791 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 153 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5153 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 43 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 361 (C2) HDA temperature 124 111 28 (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	61.5% Good	Read 111 Write 103 Mixed 107 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.14 51% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 100%
Drobo 5C 70.5TB 404 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 65TB free, PID 3443 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 188 Write 147 Mixed 147 199% 161 MB/s	4K Read 2.15 4K Write 4.27 4K Mixed 0.47 169% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 89%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 128GB 162 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 112GB free, PID 0732 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 88.7 Write 83.3 Mixed 67 100% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 4.13 4K Mixed 2.55 269% 6.02 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 46%
Verbatim STORE N GO 8GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 7GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	7.84% Terrible	Read 24.9 Write 7.37 Mixed 8.61 14% 13.6 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.05 42% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.84% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 2,538 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 24.8 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 25.6 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 110%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 38%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) - $174

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	555x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $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 $40	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