MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.5% 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	79% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150807
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '17 at 03:07
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 132 2-Core 252 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 711 74% 595 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 2990) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.5% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 111 Parallax 106 83% 106 fps	MRender 85.7 Gravity 91.7 Splatting 78.3 69% 85.2 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300 256GB-$99 2,341 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3510000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 17112 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 407 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1306080384533 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 119 (A9) Unknown 100 100 240 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 66 (AE) Unknown 100 100 323 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 40 171799674908 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 10076147026218 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 20629 (EA) Unknown 100 100 29429 (F1) Unknown 253 253 24814 (F2) Unknown 253 253 32070 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79% Very good	Read 474 Write 311 Mixed 249 76% 345 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 13.4 122% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 36.9 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 18 51% 102 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186092416 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2344 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4326145020 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18408 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 414 (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 62 487850012 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 39 39 122228 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 55834574876 (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 110638357548769 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3546681042 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7589683070	75.2% Very good	Read 115 Write 148 Mixed 99.9 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 114%
Seagate FreeAgent Go 500GB 2,192 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 449GB free, PID 2100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 38.2 Write 38.3 Mixed 9.52 34% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.31 52% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 4x8GB 1,487 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.8% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 23.9 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 107%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) - $350

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,114x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	723x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	435x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	366x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	270x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	79x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $807

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16