MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 131% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	74.8% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '17 at 18:36
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 585 78% 583 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 85%

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.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4749 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.92% Terrible	Lighting 8.17 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 7.91 7% 9.38 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.6 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.92% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2935 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 203 Parallax 192 154% 194 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 183 Splatting 132 120% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR011 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 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 586 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 879 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 43 (AE) Unknown 100 100 95 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 53 201864183834 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (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 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 31180831829 (F7) Unknown 100 100 979031793 (F8) Unknown 100 100 594997559 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3561 (D2) Unknown 100 100 12	74.8% Very good	Read 486 Write 334 Mixed 330 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 11.3 90% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 15.6 63% 143 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 104%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 431GB free Firmware: 2BA30004 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 90 2523 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1063 (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 2327 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 9 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 598 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 3434517 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 270 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 47638 (C2) HDA temperature 64 60 171798888472 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 242 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 2160 (F1) Unknown 96 94 6400831 (F2) Unknown 93 92 10262005 (FE) Unknown 252 252 0	37.4% Below average	Read 76.2 Write 53.9 Mixed 66.3 49% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.23 71% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2666 C15 Series 2x8GB 2,782 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 28.4 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 35.4 SC Mixed 27.1 78% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 92%

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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	687x
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 $129Bench 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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

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