MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	218% 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.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '18 at 22:22
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 584 8-Core 585 78% 584 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66% Good	Lighting 85.2 Reflection 81.5 Parallax 68.9 69% 78.5 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 74.1 Splatting 71.4 59% 72.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$4 10,188 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 442GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 2,375 Write 888 Mixed 1,314 334% 1,526 MB/s	4K Read 52.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 31.6 175% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 514 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 27.7 119% 273 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 293%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 856GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 29774232 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1026 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11298736 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 380 (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 70 61 504496158 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15597 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 60129542174 (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 -60881161420029 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15383396312 (F2) Unknown 100 253 121174852564	77.5% Very good	Read 135 Write 135 Mixed 136 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.2 70% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 670GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 169 1791 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 753 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4329 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 753 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 720 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 30 (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	95% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 163 Mixed 140 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 2.77 4K Mixed 0.18 116% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 24.5 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 32.9 SC Mixed 26.1 74% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 88%

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Gaming 61%

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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	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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	61x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $524

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