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Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
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PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics79.9% 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 Drive93.6% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
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SystemMSI MS-7971
MotherboardMSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)  (all builds)
Memory14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171205
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMay 07 '18 at 10:31
Run Duration108 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
95.4% Outstanding
Memory 92.4
1-Core 134
2-Core 268
91% 165 Pts
4-Core 532
8-Core 744
80% 638 Pts
64-Core 749
46% 749 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑
This bench: 95.4%
 Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Nvidia(10DE 119D)
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
79.9% Very good
Lighting 99.1
Reflection 113
Parallax 89.9
81% 101 fps
MRender 96.4
Gravity 92.1
Splatting 97.1
78% 95.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑
This bench: 79.9%
 Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk X300 128GB-$170
81GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X3540000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
93.6% Outstanding
Read 487
Write 454
Mixed 440
103% 460 MB/s
4K Read 35.5
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 26.6
146% 57.1 MB/s
DQ Read 38
DQ Write 118
DQ Mixed 18
31% 58.1 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑
This bench: 93.6%
 Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
94.9% Outstanding
Read 174
Write 157
Mixed 159
123% 163 MB/s
4K Read 0.61
4K Write 1.57
4K Mixed 0.19
76% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑
This bench: 94.9%
 Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR4-2133 CL15 8GB 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
76.5% Very good
MC Read 27.8
MC Write 28.6
MC Mixed 23.9
76% 26.8 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 29.8
SC Mixed 24.2
69% 24.1 GB/s
Latency 63.3
63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 55% ↑
This bench: 76.5%
 Great: 78%
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 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 3,154 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) - $350

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel  $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples1,110x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples712x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples420x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples431x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples364x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples267x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples81x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples78x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples101x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL  $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples75x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $802
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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