MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% 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	85.8% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170502
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 22:30
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 145 2-Core 275 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 766 78% 630 Pts	64-Core 789 49% 789 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2507 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 159 Parallax 150 124% 154 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 143 Splatting 116 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC-WRSN 500GB 3,847 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1810 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 357 (A5) Unknown 100 100 163297887432 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 55 (A8) Unknown 100 100 43 (A9) Unknown 100 100 494 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 70 300649021478 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3509022753585 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7790 (EA) Unknown 100 100 13304 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10298 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16224 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	85.8% Excellent	Read 503 Write 321 Mixed 378 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 20.5 147% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 41 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 18.4 33% 62.1 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 663GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 162797554 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1158 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 142639224 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4130 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 556 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 55835426841 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 538443808 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1238 (C2) HDA temperature 32 16 68719476768 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 162797554 (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 121088012980049 (F1) Unknown 100 253 43615666140 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26012338881	94.3% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 151 Mixed 148 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.27 89% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBR2 2x8GB 1,457 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 24.5 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 24.3 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 86%

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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	1,111x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	717x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	433x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	366x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	267x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	78x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $807

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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