MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.2% 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	108% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160723
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '17 at 10:28
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 225 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 631 65% 524 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 85C1) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Lighting 38.9 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 36.8 32% 35.4 fps	MRender 38.4 Gravity 37.1 Splatting 35.4 30% 36.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2621 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 701 (B1) Unknown 93 93 140 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 44 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 49873059550	108% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 398 Mixed 409 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 44.1 165% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 112 135% 238 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 122%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 238GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1308 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2610 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 692 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4497 (C2) HDA temperature 100 93 43 (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	87.1% Excellent	Read 139 Write 164 Mixed 152 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.22 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.32 132% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series 2x4GB 13,047 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 35 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 25.9 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 25.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 106%

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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	180x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	130x
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 $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 $182	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) $30	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