MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics83.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive125% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7971
MotherboardMSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)  (all builds)
Memory27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161222
Uptime3 Days
Run DateJul 11 '19 at 02:38
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
86.5% Excellent
Memory 89
1-Core 128
2-Core 252
87% 156 Pts
4-Core 452
8-Core 697
71% 575 Pts
64-Core 697
43% 697 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 90%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
MSI(1462 7971) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.87% Terrible
Lighting 8.2
Reflection 11.7
Parallax 8.25
7% 9.38 fps
MRender 12
Gravity 7.37
Splatting 16.4
10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.87%
Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
83.8% Excellent
Lighting 107
Reflection 110
Parallax 91.3
87% 103 fps
MRender 93.3
Gravity 93.8
Splatting 95.6
77% 94.2 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 83.8%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB
157GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR022
SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 456 464 462 462 444 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
125% Outstanding
Read 511
Write 454
Mixed 432
SusWrite 458
104% 464 MB/s
4K Read 42.2
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 55.8
194% 69.4 MB/s
DQ Read 388
DQ Write 345
DQ Mixed 293
240% 342 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 125%
Great: 123%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX6OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 167 165 164 166 165 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
95.1% Outstanding
Read 168
Write 167
Mixed 18.8
SusWrite 164
93% 129 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 95.1%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
75.5% Very good
MC Read 27.4
MC Write 28.6
MC Mixed 23.4
76% 26.5 GB/s
SC Read 17.5
SC Write 30.8
SC Mixed 23.9
69% 24.1 GB/s
Latency 68.5
58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 75.5%
Great: 115%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 3,156 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $802
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