MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.6% 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 (21%). 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 Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160125
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '17 at 15:55
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 107 2-Core 219 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 635 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 79.2 Reflection 81.9 Parallax 73.1 65% 78.1 fps	MRender 79.3 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 65.4 58% 72.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 14948186 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -134587095184568 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 816 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 29 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 43 77312229409 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 77312229409 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14948186 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14948186 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14948186 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 42949672961 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6864 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4943 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4943 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4474 (F4) Unknown 99 99 5439534	61.6% Good	Read 420 Write 132 Mixed 157 51% 236 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 13.5 110% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 36.5 51% 92 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 120GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 63 58153897 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 886 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 47401327 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2890 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 813 (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 69 62 555221023 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 890 (C2) HDA temperature 31 16 68719476767 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 58153897 (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 -33805687583931 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22284708304 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16019385914	76.2% Very good	Read 144 Write 122 Mixed 110 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.19 62% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$51 7,248 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 25.1 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.4 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 66.1 61% 66.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 86%

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Typical Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 3,156 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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