MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	130% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '19 at 16:50
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th 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-$143 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 568 76% 567 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$130 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2172 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Lighting 79.1 Reflection 79.6 Parallax 69.9 64% 76.2 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 74.6 Splatting 75.4 61% 74.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Hellfire NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$233 2,120 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.0 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 271 244 249 169 165 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 955 Write 182 Mixed 284 SusWrite 228 90% 412 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 44.5 175% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 892 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 216 243% 435 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 195%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$80 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 302GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 176 175 177 178 178 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 101 Write 76.5 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 176 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-027.A00G 9905625-030.A00G 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 26.2 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 26.3 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 83%

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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 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 $143Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	673x
Core i7-6700KIntel $163Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	502x
Core i5-6500Intel $153Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	201x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	285x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $130Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	276x
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	147x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	98x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	51x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $138Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	48x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $43Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	93x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	49x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $635

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $315	Nvidia RTX 3060 $350	Crucial MX500 250GB $34
Intel Core i5-12600K $194	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $420	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $830	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $43	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) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16