MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.1% 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	81.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '18 at 03:41
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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 i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 520 68% 511 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1641 MHz, MLim: 1942 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 124 Parallax 122 95% 121 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 109 Splatting 95.7 83% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GB-$209 7,834 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: LADi SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 159 165 160 167 164 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 317 Write 191 Mixed 202 SusWrite 161 49% 218 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 41.3 156% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 114 118% 195 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 82%
Apple SM0512F 500GB 287 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 198GB free Firmware: UXM2JA1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 491 553 648 692 691 668 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 60% Great: 99%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 90 90 92 92 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 96.5 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 91.4 63% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 82%
WD My Book Essentials 1TB 3,704 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 369GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 37 39 39 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 35.2 Write 36 Mixed 27.2 SusWrite 37.2 46% 33.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 91% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2400 CL16 8GB 2x8GB 2,791 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	78.7% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 23.2 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 24.6 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 84%

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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 $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 $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) $30	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