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MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84% 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	117% 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.

System	MSI MS-7984
Motherboard	MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '19 at 01:01
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$90 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 453 60% 452 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$449 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 115 Parallax 107 88% 110 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 90.9 77% 94.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT250MX500SSD4 250GB 16,301 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 413 428 437 439 437 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 437 Mixed 429 SusWrite 423 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 53.5 182% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 257 213% 307 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 121%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$21 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 654GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 151 149 152 153 151 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 149 Write 157 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 151 87% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.9 355% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 108%
ICY BOX BOX IB-3620 4TB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 3.5TB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 110 116 116 115 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 178 Write 174 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 113 180% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 126% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 59%
Samsung STORY Station 1.5TB 903 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1.5TB free, PID 5f06 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 37.7 Write 25.8 Mixed 35.2 SusWrite 42.5 48% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 20%
ICY BOX BOX IB-3620 2TB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2TB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 110 116 116 115 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 122 Write 112 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 113 135% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 99% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 27.2 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 23.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 98%

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Typical Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) Builds (Compare 1,282 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 38%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $85Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	575x
Core i5-6600KIntel $90Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	381x
Core i7-6700Intel $150Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	85x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	235x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	77x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	25x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	68x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	46x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	37x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $683

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