MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


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 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	38.3% 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	105% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '17 at 06:00
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 284 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 789 81% 655 Pts	64-Core 779 48% 779 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Asus(1043 04F3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 970 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.3% Below average	Lighting 48.8 Reflection 48.7 Parallax 57.2 40% 51.6 fps	MRender 49.8 Gravity 44.5 Splatting 37.7 35% 44 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10260 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 128 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (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 69 63 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 91 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6769982790	105% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 412 Mixed 418 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 31.7 163% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 75.3 100% 186 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 227 147 7608 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 884 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3728 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (10) Unknown 0 200 5305358662 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 875 (C2) HDA temperature 109 101 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	97.8% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 171 Mixed 156 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 3.17 4K Mixed 0.25 127% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 98%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 250GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 224 6100 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1892 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 43116 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 489 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 256 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1892 (C2) HDA temperature 106 98 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 93015 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.1% Average	Read 84.8 Write 72.2 Mixed 74.3 58% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.34 104% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 164GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 95 1832 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1618 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 4308805803 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10856 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 287 (B7) Unknown 89 89 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BC) Unknown 100 94 12885098534 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 63 58 622919717 (C2) HDA temperature 37 42 64424509477 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 30 1832 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 40 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 54503134992241 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3941595077 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3715656807	59.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 107 Mixed 92.9 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.54 99% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 88%
Kingston DT 101 G2 16GB 1,946 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 8GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	6.99% Terrible	Read 22.4 Write 9.89 Mixed 10.2 16% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.33 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.04 26% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.99% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB 12,182 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 26.2 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 27.6 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 99%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,111x
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	433x
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 $94Bench 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 $31Bench 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 $300	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 $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