MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 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	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	165% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (63%). 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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '17 at 01:59
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	63%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 251 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 691 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 154 Parallax 134 120% 145 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 134 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct480bx2 0 480GB 366 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 447GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^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 100 100 165 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 753 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 51 (A3) Unknown 100 100 655 (94) Unknown 100 100 25526 (95) Unknown 100 100 403 (96) Unknown 100 100 214 (97) Unknown 100 100 365 (A4) Unknown 100 100 7312 (A5) Unknown 100 100 37 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35326678597658 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 37488 (F2) Unknown 100 100 82105 (F5) Unknown 100 100 86373 (F6) Unknown 100 100 102104 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	113% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 438 Mixed 496 108% 486 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 44.9 176% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 75.2 107% 194 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 111%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 346GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,617 Write 538 Mixed 810 216% 988 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 36.4 161% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 524 DQ Mixed 154 195% 341 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 144%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 63260347 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1289 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6426196 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1696 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 749 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 65 404160536 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1296 (C2) HDA temperature 24 14 60129542168 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 63260347 (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 322122547817 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2369650139 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3887409260	109% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 194 Mixed 163 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.31 95% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR2 2x8GB 2,319 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 23.7 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 79%

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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	712x
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	364x
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 $129Bench 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