MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	251% 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.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180623
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	May 12 '19 at 00:31
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 87.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 440 60% 446 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 75.1 Reflection 76.3 Parallax 66.6 61% 72.7 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 72 Splatting 70.7 58% 71.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101200WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1054 847 848 849 847 840 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 1594 Write 1,533 Mixed 1,476 SusWrite 881 308% 1,371 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 68.4 244% 93.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,445 DQ Write 1,163 DQ Mixed 1,138 897% 1,248 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 284%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 950GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 85 89 92 92 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 49 Write 78.5 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 89.6 51% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.5 180% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 90%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 116 118 119 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 92.7 Write 98.7 Mixed 20 SusWrite 115 59% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 64% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 88%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 445GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 159 159 159 160 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 90 Write 76.5 Mixed 64.8 SusWrite 158 71% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 96%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 460GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 135 136 136 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 146 Write 141 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 135 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 32GB free Firmware: HP36 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 99 94 97 98 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 62.8 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 96.5 60% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 114%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -SD 64GB 270 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 59GB free, PID 0326, microsdxc Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 29 28 29 29 28 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 88.2 Write 63 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 29.3 64% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.3 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 4.6 300% 5.4 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.4% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 21.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 20.1 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 109%

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Typical Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 3,160 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,111x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	717x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	433x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	366x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	267x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	78x

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 $273	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 $177	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) $37	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