MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	119% 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.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151102
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '20 at 01:33
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	9%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 248 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 634 70% 549 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 154 Parallax 131 116% 142 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 141 Splatting 115 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 2370) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Lighting 66.9 Reflection 75.3 Parallax 65 54% 69 fps	MRender 78 Gravity 66.4 Splatting 60 55% 68.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 268 286 271 289 289 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 459 Mixed 362 SusWrite 290 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 60.6 211% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 122%
Seagate ST3000DM003-1F216N 3TB 4,050 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 638GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 90 88 89 86 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 81 Write 67.3 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 88.2 55% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 99%
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB-$30 12,971 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 49GB free Firmware: CC2F SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 73 73 73 73 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 70 Write 69.2 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 72.9 47% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 117% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 65%
Seagate ST1000VX001-1HH162 1TB 3,381 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 716GB free Firmware: CV12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 164 164 160 164 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 164 Mixed 85 SusWrite 161 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.1% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.7 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 22.9 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 104%

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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 2,607 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 $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	906x
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	380x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $273	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 $40	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