MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	42.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160723
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '17 at 13:08
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 714 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.9.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 88.5 Parallax 142 85% 112 fps	MRender 85.1 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 122 85% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 66GB free Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8971 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 917 (A5) Unknown 100 100 54121 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13 (AE) Unknown 100 100 27 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 35 227633922083 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 43 (E8) Unknown 92 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1871947623 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6176727271	47% Average	Read 437 Write 273 Mixed 319 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 11.6 4K Mixed 8.19 39% 11.5 MB/s	DQ Read 37.8 DQ Write 18.1 DQ Mixed 9.12 12% 21.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 56%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 29785 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1084 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 695 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 372643 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 87217 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 73 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 136594665 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 372643 (F2) Unknown 100 100 459532	42.8% Average	Read 254 Write 130 Mixed 169 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 14.6 74% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 61.9 DQ Write 63.5 DQ Mixed 14.7 24% 46.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 48%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 106 (03) Spinup time 181 172 7925 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2148 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3450 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 468 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16637 (C2) HDA temperature 119 107 33 (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	72.3% Very good	Read 140 Write 112 Mixed 116 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.27 103% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 101%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 6275 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 543 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3463 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 474 (10) Unknown 1 199 32253644254 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 518 (C2) HDA temperature 115 104 35 (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	88.9% Excellent	Read 169 Write 141 Mixed 136 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 3.03 4K Mixed 0.34 121% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 112%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 392GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 160 6608 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3277 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29380 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1072 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 156 156 134383 (C2) HDA temperature 122 104 28 (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	52.2% Above average	Read 91.1 Write 90.9 Mixed 89.3 68% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.2 71% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 2800 C14 2x16GB 284 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	89.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 28 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 26.7 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 99%

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

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	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
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 $45Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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