MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	36.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161019
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '17 at 09:42
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	59% Above average	Memory 62 1-Core 120 2-Core 222 73% 134 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 337 44% 328 Pts	64-Core 377 23% 377 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% PNY(196E 1033) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Lighting 44.1 Reflection 40.1 Parallax 53.4 36% 45.9 fps	MRender 55.4 Gravity 49.4 Splatting 37.3 38% 47.3 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 36%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7971) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4565 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.59% Terrible	Lighting 8.2 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 8.09 7% 9.52 fps	MRender 7.95 Gravity 7.03 Splatting 16.9 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.59% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 829GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 207 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 28 (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 70 65 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 352156642	117% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 503 Mixed 413 107% 481 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 44.9 165% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 149 162% 271 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q 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 92 92 36323 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 972 (B1) Unknown 80 80 703 (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 62 42 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 184 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36387430917	46.4% Average	Read 407 Write 104 Mixed 119 45% 210 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 11.8 57% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 43.5 DQ Mixed 28.5 52% 110 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 76%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 115201808 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 664 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12436240 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22751 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 557 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 42 387252748328 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35136 (C2) HDA temperature 40 58 55834574888 (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 -113709259149469 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8257221426 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25387690125	75.8% Very good	Read 146 Write 118 Mixed 92.3 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.21 83% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 260GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 93 25680605 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1960 (05) Reallocated sector count 85 85 618 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 553009979 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 52908 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1945 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 373 (BC) Unknown 100 96 21475164833 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 2004 (BE) vendor-specific 52 41 1250641903664 (C2) HDA temperature 48 59 47244640304 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 29 25680605 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -99153614942605 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3066034472 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1893046621	44.7% Average	Read 66.1 Write 89.5 Mixed 43.8 49% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.48 92% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	37.1% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.9 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 12.3 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 122 33% 122 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 81%

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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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	61x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 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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Total price: $533

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