MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.4% 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	90.7% 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	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.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170502
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '17 at 22:36
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 713 70% 573 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 112 Parallax 91.9 82% 102 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 93.7 Splatting 99.8 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300 128GB-$170 2,748 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3540000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4917 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1452 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1464929489624 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 9 (A8) Unknown 100 100 38 (A9) Unknown 100 100 80 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 26 (AE) Unknown 100 100 91 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 37 158915231776 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 8813327878148 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3380 (EA) Unknown 100 100 12576 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11467 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12306 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	90.7% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 437 Mixed 364 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 19.5 141% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 36.9 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 60.9 52% 72.6 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 156744176 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1873 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18213744 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4751 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1460 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 70 65 521666590 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30388 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 81604378654 (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 34269544057365 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20366290855 (F2) Unknown 100 253 280284894838	101% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 165 Mixed 164 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.22 82% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 8GB 260 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 0044 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	4.94% Terrible	Read 16.7 Write 6.8 Mixed 7.25 11% 10.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.32 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.005 16% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.94% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2133 CL15 8GB 2x8GB 737 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.7 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 78%

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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	1,110x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	714x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	431x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	365x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	267x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	78x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $802

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