MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	5.59% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (81%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161222
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 22 '19 at 15:41
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	81%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 78 2-Core 161 54% 120 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 692 60% 512 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 63% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7971) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 25.20.100.6323 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	5.59% Terrible	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 2.58 Parallax 3.59 6% 4.29 fps	MRender 3.76 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 9.74 6% 6.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.59% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 65GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 68 57 57 57 52 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 395 Write 282 Mixed 271 SusWrite 83.8 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 32 111% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 114 129% 219 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 705GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 128 137 158 158 173 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 179 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 148 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FAD1 1x8GB 1,337 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 10.6 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 1.4 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 2.4 10% 3.53 GB/s	Latency 696 6% 696 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 46%

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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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Typical Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 3,156 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	1,110x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	714x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	431x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	365x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	267x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	78x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $802

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) $35	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