MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics87% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive115% 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7971
MotherboardMSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161019
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMar 04 '17 at 07:18
Run Duration437 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 33%
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 PC Performing above expectations (67th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
90.2% Outstanding
Memory 91.1
1-Core 131
2-Core 259
89% 160 Pts
4-Core 517
8-Core 510
69% 513 Pts
64-Core 513
32% 513 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 90.2%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
87% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 115
Parallax 94.3
90% 106 fps
MRender 97.3
Gravity 100
Splatting 101
82% 99.4 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
141GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 510
Write 406
Mixed 418
99% 445 MB/s
4K Read 46
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 45.3
182% 64.3 MB/s
DQ Read 368
DQ Write 276
DQ Mixed 93.5
132% 246 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 115%
Great: 124%
USB DISK 2.0 16GB
10GB free, PID 4200
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
3.24% Terrible
Read 14.4
Write 2.58
Mixed 3.86
7% 6.96 MB/s
4K Read 2.44
4K Write 0.003
4K Mixed 0.003
9% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.24%
Great: 10%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (37th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
69.3% Good
MC Read 25.8
MC Write 26.6
MC Mixed 20.9
70% 24.4 GB/s
SC Read 15.3
SC Write 25.1
SC Mixed 20.6
58% 20.3 GB/s
Latency 65.6
61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 69.3%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 2,605 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 48%
Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) - $180

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $533
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HDDRAMUSB
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