MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	113% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161123
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '16 at 19:19
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$40 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 96.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 205 82% 140 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 325 42% 318 Pts	64-Core 324 20% 324 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3285) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2289 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Lighting 66.7 Reflection 76.9 Parallax 62.5 54% 68.7 fps	MRender 83.6 Gravity 66.7 Splatting 78.4 62% 76.2 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 904 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 580 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 46 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5328363358	113% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 396 Mixed 416 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 46.7 178% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 119 141% 247 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 393GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 167 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2468 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3226 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2143 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 126 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2341 (C2) HDA temperature 108 87 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	85.9% Excellent	Read 155 Write 145 Mixed 136 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.26 92% 1 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2800 C15 2x4GB 1,650 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 28.3 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 28.7 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 100%

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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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 $37Bench 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 $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16