MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	90.2% 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	64.5% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161019
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '18 at 20:01
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 159 2-Core 315 103% 190 Pts	4-Core 600 8-Core 891 93% 746 Pts	64-Core 887 55% 887 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 115 Parallax 102 94% 111 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3396 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 914 (64) Unknown 100 100 3656480 (65) Unknown 100 100 460096 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 97 97 1098 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1383 (B7) Unknown 99 99 10 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 184684642335 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 3 (E7) Temperature 97 97 3 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6661 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2447 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5309 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6532 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 3	64.5% Good	Read 446 Write 238 Mixed 247 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 10.9 88% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 53.5 DQ Mixed 8.4 45% 109 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 539GB free Firmware: CC43 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 76 63 49354246 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2337 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 36137555 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3394 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 920 (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 71 61 487391261 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2356 (C2) HDA temperature 29 13 55834574877 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 49354246 (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 126327873079968 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13417385092 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20399675520
Poor: 55% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x16GB 13,141 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	45.8% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 12.6 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 49%

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) - $180

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	906x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	688x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	276x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	394x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	380x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	180x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	130x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	61x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $533

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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