MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	125% 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.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150902
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '19 at 19:25
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	66%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 92.3 2-Core 194 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 383 51% 383 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3969) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Lighting 47.2 Reflection 45.5 Parallax 40.1 38% 44.3 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 42 Splatting 37 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 288GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 413 441 454 458 455 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 420 Mixed 371 SusWrite 418 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 59.4 203% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 350 266% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 92GB free Firmware: SC23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 81 82 83 84 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 133 Write 129 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 82.5 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 98%
SanDisk 8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 0GB free, PID 5577 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 20.5 Write 15 Mixed 14 20% 16.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 1.4 76% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.2% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 12.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 14.3 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 80%

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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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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	687x
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	180x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	130x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $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