MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 33%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	71.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160723
Uptime	7.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '18 at 22:46
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing way below expectations (16^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 1.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	33% Below average	Memory 52.9 1-Core 33.6 2-Core 64.3 32% 50.3 Pts	4-Core 72.3 8-Core 167 14% 120 Pts	64-Core 149 9% 149 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.4% Very good	Lighting 73.6 Reflection 109 Parallax 125 60% 103 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 133 Splatting 103 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 163846 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7185 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 433 (64) Unknown 100 100 35216704 (65) Unknown 100 100 5718336 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 44 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 72 72 10382 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1311 (B7) Unknown 71 71 133 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 219044184093 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 163846 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 163846 (E7) Temperature 71 71 29 (E9) Unknown 100 100 66435 (EA) Unknown 100 100 33235 (F1) Unknown 100 100 56614 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18528 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 163846	49% Average	Read 474 Write 166 Mixed 145 57% 262 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 28.7 4K Mixed 7.84 59% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 59.8 DQ Write 76 DQ Mixed 8.14 23% 48 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 205467872 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 742 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 32278594 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4299 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 245 (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 73 47 454230043 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 49879 (C2) HDA temperature 27 53 55834574875 (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 -88171383616995 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10082717199 (F2) Unknown 100 253 61924708816	94.5% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 152 Mixed 158 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.16 72% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBR1 2x8GB 3,127 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	41.1% Average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 16.7 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 3 SC Mixed 10.6 18% 6.23 GB/s	Latency 150 27% 150 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 75%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 82%

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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 $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 $178	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