MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.9% 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	48.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 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	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160830
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '17 at 05:30
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 595 8-Core 592 79% 593 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2270 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 123 Parallax 105 95% 115 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 109 Splatting 109 90% 109 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 770 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 154 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 89 (AD) Unknown 100 100 589850 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1637	48.6% Average	Read 502 Write 258 Mixed 314 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 3.19 4K Write 35 4K Mixed 9.32 35% 15.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 61.1 DQ Mixed 2.69 14% 30 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 91%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 781GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 74 (03) Spinup time 108 108 17193697493 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2624 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 153 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13764 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2550 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3315 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3315 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 180389937187 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 187 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	92.4% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 160 Mixed 157 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.17 67% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 30.4 96% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 28.8 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 99%

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

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

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 $129Bench 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) $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