MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	19 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151217
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '17 at 19:03
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 225 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 598 61% 495 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 2990) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	62.8% Good	Lighting 80.3 Reflection 88 Parallax 81.2 65% 83.2 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 67.4 58% 70.9 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221 10,770 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2201000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 110 100 1646 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (A6) Unknown 100 100 539 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 591 (A9) Unknown 100 100 448 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 711 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 100 249108103204 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 19 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 103353 (F1) Unknown 253 253 14019 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7306	74.1% Very good	Read 458 Write 329 Mixed 390 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 4.26 106% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 4.25 48% 104 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 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 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789530414 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 171 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8484 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 63 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 218 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 218 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 171800002592 (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	90.7% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 129 Mixed 147 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.17 98% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905622-051.A00G 4x8GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	63.9% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.5 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 96%

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

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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	1,114x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	723x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	435x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	366x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	270x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	79x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16