MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	59.9% 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 8 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.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 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 09:46
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 264 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 380 51% 381 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.9% 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 53.5 36% 45.9 fps	MRender 55.4 Gravity 49.4 Splatting 37.3 38% 47.4 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)	7.6% Terrible	Lighting 8.2 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 8.09 7% 9.55 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 7.03 Splatting 16.9 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.6% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$217 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 829GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^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 69 65 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 360517130	119% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 502 Mixed 415 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 45.7 167% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 143 162% 276 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 119% 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 below expectations (39^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 61 42 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 184 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36391875284	59.9% Above average	Read 500 Write 196 Mixed 248 69% 315 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 12 71% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 48.5 DQ Mixed 38.6 60% 120 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.9% 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 below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 117005016 (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 12438122 (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 35137 (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 -135781096083613 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8259280678 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25388719337	73.8% Very good	Read 141 Write 116 Mixed 92.6 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.21 85% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.8% 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 below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 93 26808405 (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 553012147 (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 26808405 (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 -114546777731469 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2016671055 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1893855437	46.1% Average	Read 70.4 Write 90.4 Mixed 40.6 50% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.43 94% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.1% 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 below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.4% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 12.4 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 14.4 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 81%

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Gaming 61%

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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	905x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	683x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	276x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	393x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	379x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	180x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	130x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	65x
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	94x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $533

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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