MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	53.2% 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	149% 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-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '16 at 12:01
Run Duration	340 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 271 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 542 72% 541 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.2% Above average	Lighting 66.5 Reflection 69.2 Parallax 61.8 54% 65.9 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 62.5 Splatting 55.5 51% 63.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 1,595 Write 649 Mixed 952 234% 1,066 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 30.6 130% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 34.2 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 18.2 49% 96.8 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 243%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 568GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 876 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2848 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 203 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 856 (C2) HDA temperature 116 112 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	106% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 170 Mixed 161 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 1.34 4K Write 2.83 4K Mixed 0.36 148% 1.51 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%
Maxtor 6L300S0 300GB-$45 2,416 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 273GB free Firmware: BACE1G20 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 182 179 15433 (04) Start/Stop count 251 251 5355 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 250 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 227 47373 (09) Power-on hours count 127 127 61775 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 246 246 2908 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 41 253 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 10699 (C4) Reallocation count 243 243 10 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 242 242 11 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 58408 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 4 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 240 240 157 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	35% Below average	Read 58.9 Write 61.7 Mixed 63.4 46% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 4.42 4K Mixed 0.45 160% 1.85 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 36%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB-$30 12,971 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 214GB free Firmware: SD11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 96 88373512 (03) Spinup time 97 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3458 (05) Reallocated sector count 92 92 358 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12931926556 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 41539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 20 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2601 (B8) Unknown 1 1 17912 (BB) vendor-specific 58 58 42 (BC) Unknown 100 98 94490722326 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 40 9457989058588 (C2) HDA temperature 28 60 60129542172 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 15 88373512 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	55.6% Above average	Read 109 Write 84.5 Mixed 83.9 69% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.52 117% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 65%
Hitachi HDS725050KLA360 500GB-$40 5,497 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 165GB free Firmware: K2AOAD1A Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 106 106 55877698192 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1219 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 68884 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 536 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3422 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3422 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 227634184225 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 4039	26.1% Poor	Read 44.9 Write 45.6 Mixed 44.9 34% 45.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.34 98% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 34%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1.5TB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 90.7 Write 95.8 Mixed 69.1 108% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.23 71% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 44%
ST950032 5AS 500GB 281 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 466GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 40.3 Write 39.1 Mixed 12.6 37% 30.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.34 53% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 30%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 60GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 134 Write 37.7 Mixed 49.9 76% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.44 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.84 80% 2.11 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 39%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 6GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 36.5 Mixed 18.8 38% 30.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.21 57% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GE2400C16K4 2x8GB 106 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 27.1 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 26.1 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 88%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) - $350

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,110x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	717x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	432x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	366x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	267x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	78x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $807

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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