MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	86.6% 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	99.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '18 at 22:32
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 78.3 1-Core 97.4 2-Core 185 69% 120 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 392 46% 354 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7971) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.07% Terrible	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 8.65 Parallax 6.25 6% 7.2 fps	MRender 8.14 Gravity 5.7 Splatting 11.6 7% 8.48 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.07% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 97.1 90% 107 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 99.1 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$160 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2727 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1407 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 57 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 8 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11658177870	99.7% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 385 Mixed 399 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 69.5 4K Mixed 40.5 143% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 126 134% 226 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 134%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 982GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 176 6000 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4128 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5808 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2795 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 182 182 55549 (C2) HDA temperature 118 105 32 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 25 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 22 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 22	55.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 88 Mixed 90.9 71% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.38 84% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	67.6% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 23.5 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 83.7 48% 83.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 79%

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Typical H170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 291 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $160Bench 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: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $325

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