MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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.
Boot Drive	87.7% 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.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160224
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '19 at 11:11
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 217 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 641 63% 516 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 196 Parallax 179 146% 185 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 179 Splatting 126 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 141 104 89 89 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 485 Write 428 Mixed 336 SusWrite 141 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 40.7 152% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 129 141% 236 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 88%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB 26,055 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 87GB free Firmware: RVT22B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 458 392 275 274 273 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 466 Mixed 441 SusWrite 353 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 65.1 222% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 343 260% 350 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 126%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 845GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 99 100 100 100 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 106 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 100 66% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 59%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 662GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 119 120 121 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 120 Write 123 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 120 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 9,293 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 25.1 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 23.5 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 87%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 48%

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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	688x
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	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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