MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.4% 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	76.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '16 at 18:58
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 85.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 462 62% 463 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 114 Parallax 109 86% 109 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 94.3 78% 95.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850657310 (F1) Unknown 100 100 751	76.6% Very good	Read 512 Write 328 Mixed 353 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 9.21 86% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 9.3 78% 183 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 95%
Hitachi TOURO Mobile 1TB 1,327 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 757GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 95 Write 94.6 Mixed 90.2 70% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.2 66% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 577GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 157034931 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 179 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 45685052 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 902 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 178 (B7) Unknown 96 96 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 49 488374301 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 180 (C2) HDA temperature 29 20 85899345949 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 157034931 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -134557030415483 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4755244398 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7082231791	94.2% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 157 Mixed 156 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.24 78% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 1x8GB-$25 15,315 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	42% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 12.4 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 13.9 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 44%

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Typical Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 3,156 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	714x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	431x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	365x
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 $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	78x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $802

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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