MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	68.2% 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '17 at 17:04
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$133 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 105 2-Core 219 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 417 54% 405 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 77%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$26 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL 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 0 100 1925 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 490 (A5) Unknown 100 100 9474848917736 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 16 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 49 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 29 304942678053 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3264185828088 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2749 (EA) Unknown 100 100 21633 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11548 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7292 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	68.2% Good	Read 503 Write 319 Mixed 181 73% 335 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 62.3 4K Mixed 4.16 69% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 2.9 61% 145 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 418GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 172 2058 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 819 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 840 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 184 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1958 (C2) HDA temperature 107 81 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	78.4% Very good	Read 145 Write 128 Mixed 132 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.3 115% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 178GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 176 5900 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5894 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19128 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4880 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1560 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5989 (C2) HDA temperature 107 81 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 200 200 117 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	38.3% Below average	Read 68.5 Write 64.8 Mixed 67.7 51% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.38 90% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 69%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 107GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 89 89 4250 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15464 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 16907 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 5 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5436 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 521994269 (C2) HDA temperature 70 45 9111928862 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 25586 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	32.3% Below average	Read 57.5 Write 54.6 Mixed 52.4 41% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.4 101% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 8313 CL16-16-16 D4-2400 Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	67.5% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 22.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 17.4 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 75%

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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	905x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	683x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	276x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	393x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	379x
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	65x
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	94x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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