MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% 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.
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	19.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161222
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 13:36
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 712 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 752 46% 752 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6698) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 176 Parallax 181 153% 182 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 181 Splatting 125 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 179GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 2,726 Write 1,380 Mixed 1,462 408% 1,856 MB/s	4K Read 63.4 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 49.2 248% 93.4 MB/s	DQ Read 628 DQ Write 464 DQ Mixed 234 259% 442 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11273 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1030 (B1) Unknown 95 95 105 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 55 (F1) Unknown 99 99 45341478333
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate ST8000DM005-2EH1 8TB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 5TB free Firmware: DN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 64 98514787 (03) Spinup time 84 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 88 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 837882472 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -139285789407776 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 88 (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 64 55 622002212 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 233 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 670 (C2) HDA temperature 36 45 68719476772 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 14 3 98514787 (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 -58836756986451 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5505656448 (F2) Unknown 100 253 230463439
Poor: 22% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 144998384 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 780 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 47 47 98785423870 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8585 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 731 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 87 219046674484 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 588316706 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6383 (C2) HDA temperature 34 45 64424509474 (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 140222092287828 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8258374663 (F2) Unknown 100 253 98336908247	94.3% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 158 Mixed 166 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.19 61% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 666GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 243129512 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1062 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 55 163339060929 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11258 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1030 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 68 58 571539488 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28187 (C2) HDA temperature 32 42 60129542176 (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 93381178959248 (F1) Unknown 100 253 45858522002 (F2) Unknown 100 253 542868459565	91% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 137 Mixed 165 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.18 59% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x16GB 4,083 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 21.8 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 85%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 59%

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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	714x
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	365x
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 $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 $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