MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	112% 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	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.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '17 at 03:25
Run Duration	334 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$40 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 96.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 216 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 326 43% 325 Pts	64-Core 324 20% 324 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3285) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2402 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 376.33 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 48% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 952 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 634 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 60 46 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 43 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6157416584	112% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 415 Mixed 418 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 45.4 174% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 114 133% 231 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 433GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 167 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2523 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3274 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2197 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 154 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2368 (C2) HDA temperature 107 87 36 (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	91.4% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 158 Mixed 146 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.31 119% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 108%
SanDisk Cruzer Force 16GB 5,753 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID 557d Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 35.7 Write 5.27 Mixed 9.72 16% 16.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.89 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.71 96% 2.09 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 17%
Adata DashDrive UV128 USB 3.0 16GB 2,489 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 14GB free, PID db8a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 43.2 Write 19.2 Mixed 7.82 24% 23.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.55 4K Write 0.26 4K Mixed 0.06 28% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2800 C15 2x4GB 1,650 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 27.6 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 27.7 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 100%

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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	907x
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	381x
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