MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics122% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7971
MotherboardMSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160727
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 04 '18 at 09:17
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User ESP-User
Background CPU 59%

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600-$132
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
78.3% Very good
Memory 80.2
1-Core 110
2-Core 228
78% 140 Pts
4-Core 447
8-Core 412
58% 429 Pts
64-Core 438
27% 438 Pts
Poor: 47%
This bench: 78.3%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing below potential (43rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
122% Outstanding
Lighting 165
Reflection 200
Parallax 172
134% 179 fps
MRender 127
Gravity 170
Splatting 128
115% 142 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 122%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
51GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,920
Write 1,611
Mixed 673
309% 1,401 MB/s
4K Read 45
4K Write 138
4K Mixed 48.4
203% 77.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,011
DQ Write 1163
DQ Mixed 871
716% 1,015 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68
931GB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 186 198 199 192 182 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 175
Write 151
Mixed 28.5
SusWrite 190
98% 136 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 2
373% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 105%
Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33
931GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 179 194 196 189 178 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 181
Write 143
Mixed 86.3
SusWrite 186
109% 149 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 105%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
69.4% Good
MC Read 26.3
MC Write 27.4
MC Mixed 21.3
71% 25 GB/s
SC Read 15.2
SC Write 24.1
SC Mixed 19.7
56% 19.7 GB/s
Latency 80.2
50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 69.4%
Great: 80%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical H170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 291 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $325
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