MSI Z170A PC MATE (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 (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	88% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '17 at 23:33
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 86.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 232 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 452 60% 449 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 77%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 168 Write 196 Mixed 341 53% 235 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 46.9 180% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 98.6 136% 246 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 157%
Toshiba MK5065GSXF 500GB 2,703 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 368GB free Firmware: GV108B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2152 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 19134 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 11271 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16415 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 12889 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 872 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 11 11 891744 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 201864314900 (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 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 49 (DE) Loaded hours 80 80 8212 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 340 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 286	42.8% Average	Read 74.5 Write 74.6 Mixed 74.7 56% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.33 84% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 44%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 333GB free Firmware: GG2OACY0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 214 214 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1637 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 2888 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1109 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 37154 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 184684314640 (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 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	57.4% Above average	Read 98 Write 102 Mixed 92.9 73% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 18GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 201547902 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 291 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18315944 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 916 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 221 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 66 336658452 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 293 (C2) HDA temperature 20 10 42949672980 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 201547902 (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 -119876832197765 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10442687869 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7947257907	87.4% Excellent	Read 145 Write 160 Mixed 105 102% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.27 80% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 2x4GB 2,440 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 21.9 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 19.9 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 76%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) - $350

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,110x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	717x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	432x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	366x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	267x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	78x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $807

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