MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	9.86% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	67.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160122
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '17 at 02:32
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$40 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 193 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 279 8-Core 298 38% 288 Pts	64-Core 301 19% 301 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7971) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.07% Terrible	Lighting 6.23 Reflection 9.69 Parallax 5.97 5% 7.3 fps	MRender 8.19 Gravity 5.3 Splatting 14 8% 9.16 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.07% Great: 6%
AMD Radeon R7 250 5,461 User benchmarks, average bench 9% MSI(1462 3012) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	9.86% Terrible	Lighting 12.7 Reflection 13.4 Parallax 17.6 10% 14.6 fps	MRender 8.05 Gravity 12.7 Splatting 11.7 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.86% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO3 240GB-$99 848 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1126A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^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 96 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 880 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 156 (A3) Unknown 100 100 15 (A4) Unknown 100 100 13132 (A5) Unknown 100 100 40 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 9 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 8 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 22 (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 8836 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 65981 (F2) Unknown 100 100 68456 (F5) Unknown 100 100 52528	67.6% Good	Read 487 Write 255 Mixed 267 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 16.1 102% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 35.1 DQ Write 90.7 DQ Mixed 15.6 26% 47.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 99%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 553GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 48 8878 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5754 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17856 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4496 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4848 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 58 180389740577 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 9 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 615 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 10316	76.9% Very good	Read 128 Write 140 Mixed 134 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.6 148% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 75%
Seagate ST3250620AS 250GB-$149 6,960 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 198GB free Firmware: 3.AAJ Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 93 64653200 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3959 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 8764084995 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6638 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7786 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 44 4985454633 (C2) HDA temperature 41 56 90194313257 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 77 52 14566505 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	43.3% Average	Read 74.9 Write 75.9 Mixed 68.3 55% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.43 100% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 43%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 241 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 2GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 90.4 Write 15.2 Mixed 14.7 36% 40.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.46 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.66 70% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB-$29 19,452 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 20.4 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 20.1 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 88%

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

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Workstation 48%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) - $180

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	907x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	691x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	277x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	394x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	381x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	182x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	61x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16