MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.5% 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	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 (23%). 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, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '18 at 06:53
Run Duration	330 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 85.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 229 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 641 64% 523 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.3% Average	Lighting 61.1 Reflection 64.6 Parallax 58.5 50% 61.4 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 57.6 Splatting 51.9 48% 60.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 439GB free Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4549 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 652 (A5) Unknown 100 100 11075722 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 823 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 78 60 257699282966 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 167505559591 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2319 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2848 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2831 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4676 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	69.8% Good	Read 505 Write 302 Mixed 277 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 40.3 4K Mixed 19.8 87% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 35 49% 85.6 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 107%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6376 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 881 (B1) Unknown 94 94 28 (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 66 48 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14909967639	82.5% Excellent	Read 492 Write 275 Mixed 278 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 26.4 121% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 65 90% 169 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 395GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789595949 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1617 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 126 126 32 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6377 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 882 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7262 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7262 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 184684904478 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	94.5% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 172 Mixed 143 118% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.24 102% 1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 108%
Intenso Rainbow Line 8GB 617 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	4.05% Terrible	Read 12.9 Write 4.49 Mixed 6.07 8% 7.82 MB/s	4K Read 5.04 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.006 19% 1.68 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.05% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown R744G2133U1S 4x4GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.7% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.1 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 20.4 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 103%

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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	1,113x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	721x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	434x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	366x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	270x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	79x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16