MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	244% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170502
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '18 at 04:52
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 274 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 758 78% 627 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 120F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 198 Parallax 181 149% 187 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 177 Splatting 127 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,268 Write 1,143 Mixed 1,145 334% 1,519 MB/s	4K Read 58 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 44.6 215% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 502 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 184 204% 348 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 103GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4830137 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -133496173486717 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 942 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 122 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 45 47247589399 (C2) HDA temperature 23 45 47247589399 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4830137 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4830137 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4830137 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 90194313217 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20077 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6531 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6531 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4672 (F4) Unknown 98 98 4718664	78.4% Very good	Read 519 Write 225 Mixed 262 73% 335 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 14.1 120% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 60 90% 168 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 182456480 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1722 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1504226 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2010 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 375 (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 74 58 437321754 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3570 (C2) HDA temperature 26 42 73014444058 (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 74268574482735 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2499495815 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14738836943	105% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 179 Mixed 176 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.19 82% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 30.3 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 42.6 SC Mixed 30.2 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 104%

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Workstation 48%

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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	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
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 $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 $40	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