MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	96.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 02:23
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 205 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 422 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Asus(1043 04B0) CLim: 1250 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.8% Below average	Lighting 46.5 Reflection 63.8 Parallax 63.5 38% 57.9 fps	MRender 62 Gravity 47 Splatting 52 44% 53.7 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 236GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 122 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 16 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 64 59 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1130923409	88.8% Excellent	Read 503 Write 396 Mixed 408 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 25.7 142% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 41.8 DQ Write 82.9 DQ Mixed 24.9 30% 49.9 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9009 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 396 (B1) Unknown 97 97 43 (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 63 50 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 76 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22891350517	96.9% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 393 Mixed 407 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 24.6 138% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 23.9 87% 193 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 124%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 918GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 12 (03) Spinup time 183 177 1833 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2379 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6370 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2255 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 402 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 192 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 32975 (C2) HDA temperature 119 102 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 92 92 6145 (F1) Unknown 200 200 22568569512 (F2) Unknown 200 200 27039083337 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	62.1% Good	Read 103 Write 113 Mixed 103 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 845GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 396 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6087 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 221 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16031 (C2) HDA temperature 108 99 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	105% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 182 Mixed 166 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.33 120% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 22.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 21.1 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 81%

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

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	87x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	55x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	39x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	60x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	21x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	22x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
S11-256G-PHISON-SSD-B3 256GBBench 66%, 104 samples	9x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $41Bench 68%, 16,658 samples	22x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	14x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	9x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $325

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