MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '19 at 22:52
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 (100^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 651 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 75.2 Reflection 77 Parallax 65.8 61% 72.6 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 70.7 Splatting 70.8 58% 70.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 131 110 114 102 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 295 Write 182 Mixed 238 SusWrite 111 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 42.6 151% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 182 134% 176 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 84%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 119GB free Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 47 74 75 75 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 508 Write 419 Mixed 399 SusWrite 126 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 15.7 4K Mixed 1.2 59% 16.5 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 1.2 52% 125 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 100%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 971GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 133 134 133 136 134 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 152 Write 156 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 134 86% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 20.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 21.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 80%

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

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Typical H170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 291 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	87x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	55x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	39x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	60x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	21x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	22x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
S11-256G-PHISON-SSD-B3 256GBBench 66%, 104 samples	9x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $41Bench 68%, 16,658 samples	22x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	14x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	9x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $325

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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