MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.5% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160331
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '18 at 02:09
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$40 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 243 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 389 52% 387 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3419) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1431 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Lighting 77.6 Reflection 72.5 Parallax 106 63% 85.5 fps	MRender 73.7 Gravity 74.4 Splatting 60.5 56% 69.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-128L9S-11 2.5 7mm 128GB 1,166 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: HC7110B SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 310 312 304 317 322 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 318 Mixed 285 SusWrite 312 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 42.4 156% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 176 163% 253 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 97%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 861GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 102 103 103 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 108 Mixed 57.4 SusWrite 103 67% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5143EB1-CPB Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 12GB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2378, 2378 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	69.5% Good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 19.1 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 20.3 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) - $350

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,113x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	721x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	434x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	366x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	270x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	79x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $807

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16