MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.2% 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	73.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170502
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '17 at 17:00
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 530 65% 500 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Palit(1569 1184) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Lighting 47.6 Reflection 42.9 Parallax 56.4 39% 49 fps	MRender 57.5 Gravity 53.4 Splatting 39.9 40% 50.2 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD Radeon R3 120GB 3,248 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1015A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^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 100 100 421 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1202 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 130 (A3) Unknown 100 100 22 (A4) Unknown 100 100 82315 (A5) Unknown 100 100 81 (A6) Unknown 100 100 14 (A7) Unknown 100 100 43 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 96 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 22 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 42 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 201391 (F2) Unknown 100 100 167602 (F5) Unknown 100 100 164630	73.4% Very good	Read 494 Write 206 Mixed 234 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 63.1 4K Mixed 22.5 107% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 49.6 79% 155 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 571GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 170 1066 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1409 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1751 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1043 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3809 (C2) HDA temperature 108 99 35 (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	62.9% Good	Read 121 Write 97.5 Mixed 160 96% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.29 114% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 109%
USB FLASH DRIVE 8GB 2,112 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID b113 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	8.72% Terrible	Read 25.7 Write 11.7 Mixed 14.5 20% 17.3 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.01 38% 3.38 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.72% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSB.8FADG 859B BLS4G4D240FSA.M8FADG 8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 24.8 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 25.5 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 84%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 48%

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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	688x
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	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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