MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 5 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '18 at 09:41
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$146 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 241 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 458 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E353) CLim: 1435 MHz, MLim: 2085 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.8.1 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	54.5% Above average	Lighting 68.4 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 82.4 56% 73.7 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 64.7 Splatting 58.5 52% 64.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$80 9,612 User benchmarks, average bench 153% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,134 Write 1,141 Mixed 1,071 318% 1,449 MB/s	4K Read 66.3 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 89.4 305% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 809 DQ Write 1086 DQ Mixed 652 575% 849 MB/s
Poor: 104% Great: 241%
Seagate ST3120213AS 120GB 709 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 2GB free Firmware: 3.AHL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 30.8 Write 30.5 Mixed 24.3 21% 28.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 33%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 499GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 88 89 90 90 89 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 93 Write 92 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 88.7 60% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 62%
Seagate ST3500620AS 500GB-$145 5,462 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3GB free Firmware: HP26 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 81.3 Write 74.7 Mixed 46.8 50% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 78% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 20% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series 2x4GB 13,047 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3097 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 28.9 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 29.8 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 106%

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

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) - $180

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	907x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	689x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	277x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	394x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	381x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	182x

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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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