MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.2% 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 Drive	115% 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.

Run History

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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160830
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '20 at 00:48
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 760 82% 651 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 113 Parallax 96.2 90% 106 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 100 Splatting 102 82% 99.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB-$110 2,356 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 478 449 491 458 491 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 494 Mixed 348 SusWrite 467 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 42.2 172% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 293 238% 336 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 108%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 183GB free Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 351 105 105 103 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 395 Mixed 345 SusWrite 201 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 46.8 170% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 223 190% 276 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 102%
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 867GB free Firmware: SBFK61F1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 437 441 452 155 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 468 Mixed 368 SusWrite 337 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 47.1 171% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 233 202% 296 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 885GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 138 139 140 140 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 168 Mixed 114 SusWrite 139 116% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x16GB 13,141 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	45.4% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 12.5 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 49%

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

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Typical Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 2,608 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) - $180

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	907x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	688x
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	381x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	61x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

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