MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.6% 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	68.2% 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 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.

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Run History

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System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	4.7 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 12:14
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 759 80% 640 Pts	64-Core 766 47% 766 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.7% 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)	36.6% Below average	Lighting 44.3 Reflection 40.1 Parallax 53.5 36% 46 fps	MRender 55.4 Gravity 49.4 Splatting 37 38% 47.3 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 36%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7971) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4541 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.89% Terrible	Lighting 8.23 Reflection 12.4 Parallax 8.09 7% 9.57 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 7.03 Splatting 16.9 10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.89% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 828GB free Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 209 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 29 (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 71 65 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 386708474	133% Outstanding	Read 532 Write 504 Mixed 517 116% 518 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 55.6 211% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 177 183% 299 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 124%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM0 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 92 92 36326 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 973 (B1) Unknown 80 80 704 (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 63 42 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 184 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36428351193	68.2% Good	Read 508 Write 214 Mixed 298 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 18.7 90% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 66.7 DQ Mixed 49.6 70% 135 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.2% 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 (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 125140536 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 665 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12443911 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22754 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 558 (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 63 42 387170238501 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35156 (C2) HDA temperature 37 58 55834574885 (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 21741124464485 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8266075246 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25393697911	76.7% Very good	Read 147 Write 121 Mixed 135 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.21 83% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.7% 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 (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 93 43618439 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1961 (05) Reallocated sector count 85 85 618 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 553027213 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 52910 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1946 (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 54 41 1250610184238 (C2) HDA temperature 46 59 47244640302 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 29 43618439 (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 31460635496053 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1342111810 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1249602073	46.5% Average	Read 67.4 Write 94.7 Mixed 87.1 63% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.42 90% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.5% 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 above expectations (66^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 20.9 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 20 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 81%

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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	687x
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	180x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	130x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $533

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) $30	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