MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 89.7%, 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	84.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB 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 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	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '16 at 02:58
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 262 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 747 75% 611 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 154 Parallax 133 118% 144 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 137 Splatting 111 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 59 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 108 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 52 (A3) Unknown 100 100 16 (A4) Unknown 100 100 5782 (A5) Unknown 100 100 31 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 11 (94) Unknown 100 100 3363 (95) Unknown 100 100 162 (96) Unknown 100 100 1 (97) Unknown 100 100 134 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 47 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 22696 (F2) Unknown 100 100 16945 (F5) Unknown 100 100 92512	84.8% Excellent	Read 515 Write 330 Mixed 353 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 18 116% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 59.8 93% 175 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 118%
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 100GB free Firmware: P0801A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 100 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 56 (A3) Unknown 100 100 12 (A4) Unknown 100 100 3786 (A5) Unknown 100 100 13 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 7 (94) Unknown 100 100 2245 (95) Unknown 100 100 98 (96) Unknown 100 100 15 (97) Unknown 100 100 72 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19564 (F2) Unknown 100 100 51074 (F5) Unknown 100 100 60576	88.2% Excellent	Read 512 Write 325 Mixed 355 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 26.8 126% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 17.6 72% 161 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 835GB free Firmware: CC66 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 125361964 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5080 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 17 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 383505413 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17534 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2507 (B7) Unknown 89 89 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 76 76 24 (BC) Unknown 100 83 120261247055 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 54 471007260 (C2) HDA temperature 28 46 55834574876 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 24 125361964 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 45 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -85611583086839 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2191202830 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2154113810	69.8% Good	Read 124 Write 119 Mixed 111 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.48 115% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2133 C14 Series 2x16GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.9% Average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 11.9 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 14.9 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 90%

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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	691x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	277x

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	182x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16