MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87% 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	84.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170502
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	May 20 '18 at 11:50
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 693 70% 567 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 95.6 91% 107 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 98.3 79% 96.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4498 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1188 (A5) Unknown 100 100 519799375336 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 48 (A9) Unknown 100 100 362 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 28 (AE) Unknown 100 100 102 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 66 283468955679 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4535552574496 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6511 (EA) Unknown 100 100 15498 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12725 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13854 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84.5% Excellent	Read 494 Write 292 Mixed 234 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 75.4 4K Mixed 18 121% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 38 90% 191 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 849GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1751 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3896 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1062 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1684 (C2) HDA temperature 112 82 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	78.1% Very good	Read 147 Write 125 Mixed 160 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.2 68% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.3% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 12.8 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 15.5 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 91%

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

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Typical Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 2,605 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

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	687x
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	180x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	130x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $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