MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.4% 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 Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161019
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '17 at 23:09
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 777 84% 667 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2108 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 123 Parallax 104 95% 115 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 108 Splatting 108 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 87GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1061 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 430 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 44 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 60 171799805984 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3545590345 (F7) Unknown 100 100 110919850 (F8) Unknown 100 100 52202963 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1250 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	83.7% Excellent	Read 486 Write 303 Mixed 325 82% 371 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 23.4 121% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 34.6 78% 162 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 95%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 404GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 99 6986104 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 613 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 163481095 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2241 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 623 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 66 521666591 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1585 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 77309411359 (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 -34462817580879 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31641451715 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1605506722066	77.9% Very good	Read 132 Write 138 Mixed 112 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 5.45 4K Mixed 0.99 245% 2.42 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.M8FADG 2x4GB 547 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	81.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 22.7 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 24.6 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 83%

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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	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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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