MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	20% 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	76.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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 Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150907
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '17 at 10:00
Run Duration	280 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 209 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 399 53% 398 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% PwrHis(1787 2339) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	20% Very poor	Lighting 24.3 Reflection 27.6 Parallax 29.7 20% 27.2 fps	MRender 23.5 Gravity 22.2 Splatting 27.5 20% 24.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 344GB free Firmware: M0CR050 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^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 79 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 354 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 57 184684707866 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5182432967 (F7) Unknown 100 100 162057343 (F8) Unknown 100 100 73177366 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3581 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	69.6% Good	Read 478 Write 329 Mixed 335 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 13.7 87% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 13.6 40% 79.7 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 104%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8445 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1866 (B1) Unknown 94 94 70 (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 70 55 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 41 41 59495 (EB) Unknown 99 99 552 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19978184582	76.3% Very good	Read 487 Write 333 Mixed 334 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 62.8 4K Mixed 19.2 117% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 41.4 DQ Write 69.8 DQ Mixed 18.1 24% 43.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 796GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 64 68930438 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 272 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 26799929 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -131155416315113 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 272 (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 72 64 487915548 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7001 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 77309411356 (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 32925219293576 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11977941739 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17504597818	66.1% Good	Read 124 Write 106 Mixed 95.7 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.28 92% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 105%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 242GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 168 4500 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1655 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9990 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1406 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 277 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19576 (C2) HDA temperature 119 106 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	46% Average	Read 85.5 Write 74.9 Mixed 76 59% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.18 49% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 222GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 4266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 559 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3225 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 558 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5573 (C2) HDA temperature 117 110 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	48.9% Average	Read 93.1 Write 77.3 Mixed 75.5 62% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.14 55% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 67%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 106GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 137 (03) Spinup time 162 160 4900 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1874 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 46951 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1827 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 174 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1874 (C2) HDA temperature 111 104 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	47% Average	Read 85.6 Write 77.9 Mixed 77.3 60% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.39 105% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 69%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 3,868 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 3TB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 117 Write 99.4 Mixed 59.2 111% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.17 18% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 53%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 3,454 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 931GB free, PID a00d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 105 Write 90.4 Mixed 71.6 110% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.21 20% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 29.2 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 24.2 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 97%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 59%

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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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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