MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.5% 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	63.9% 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151217
Uptime	19.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '17 at 18:08
Run Duration	309 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$132 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 79.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 214 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 424 54% 410 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.5% Very good	Lighting 94.1 Reflection 64.2 Parallax 91.1 77% 83.1 fps	MRender 86.6 Gravity 89.1 Splatting 91.3 73% 89 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHFS37A480G 480GB 1,387 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 225GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 136955970 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 130859063580200 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 321 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 42 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 45 77312360477 (C2) HDA temperature 29 45 77312360477 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 136955970 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 136955970 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 136955970 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 201863462912 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5033 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4013 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4013 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5003 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2031624	62.4% Good	Read 485 Write 311 Mixed 275 79% 357 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 20.8 4K Mixed 16.9 63% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 80.8 DQ Mixed 48.8 51% 85.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 66%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 115512481 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -56049323205580 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 521 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 63 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 47 77312491550 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 77312491550 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 115512481 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 115512481 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 115512481 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 81604378625 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13044 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9003 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9003 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5531 (F4) Unknown 97 97 6422624	63.9% Good	Read 438 Write 125 Mixed 176 53% 246 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 16 116% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 37.4 51% 91.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 381GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 167 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5116 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12984 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1181 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4972 (C2) HDA temperature 113 90 30 (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	91% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 157 Mixed 138 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.33 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.35 139% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 109%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	6.01% Terrible	Read 23.6 Write 5.61 Mixed 8.67 13% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.69 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.005 22% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.01% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.2% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 12.7 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 10.6 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 82 49% 82 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 91%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	1,110x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	712x
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	364x
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 $129Bench 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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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $802

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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