MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.3% 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	78.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151102
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '16 at 07:44
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 212 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 656 62% 515 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% XFX(1682 9395) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Lighting 72.6 Reflection 61.8 Parallax 90.6 59% 75 fps	MRender 62.1 Gravity 59.3 Splatting 80.9 57% 67.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 426GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 848 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 49 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 75 61 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 157754007	75.2% Very good	Read 480 Write 262 Mixed 270 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 17.4 122% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 42.6 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 17.2 41% 79.8 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 123%
Crucial_CT500MX200SSD6 500GB 353 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 305GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2675 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 152 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 37 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (B4) Unknown 0 0 5579 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 29 304943857702 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10679726408 (F7) Unknown 100 100 333899432 (F8) Unknown 100 100 351004848	78.3% Very good	Read 526 Write 373 Mixed 405 96% 435 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 18.3 108% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 33.3 DQ Write 85.4 DQ Mixed 18.1 26% 45.6 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 251GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 97 172412128 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 866 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 59 231996840790 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 664 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 88 88 12 (BC) Unknown 100 96 12885098500 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 40 288166772760 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 459 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 39654 (C2) HDA temperature 24 60 64424509464 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 74 255 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 100111392709494 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38413544970 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29658514125	71.8% Very good	Read 146 Write 103 Mixed 119 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.56 185% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 2x8GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 30.1 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 29.7 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 101%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 48%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) - $180

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	906x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	688x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	276x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	394x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	380x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	61x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $524

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