MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	21.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '17 at 16:28
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 83.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 217 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 656 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 76.1 Reflection 76 Parallax 64.5 62% 72.2 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 70 Splatting 71.2 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM800 2.5" 128GB 1,159 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 26GB free Firmware: VBM25D1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11456 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 6318 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 87 87 756 (B2) Unknown 76 76 14 (B3) Unknown 94 94 231 (B4) Unknown 94 94 3609 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 76 76 46 (E9) Unknown 68 68 1354252603	31.1% Below average	Read 210 Write 169 Mixed 192 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 7.91 4K Mixed 6.73 43% 11.5 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 32%
Intel SSDSC2BB160G4 160GB 399 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: D2012370 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1507 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 205 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (AF) Unknown 100 100 8590590640 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 79 353173525 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 66035 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 501 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 72 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 89732 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 66035 (F2) Unknown 100 100 142337	77.3% Very good	Read 463 Write 194 Mixed 270 68% 309 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 25.2 122% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 93.7 110% 192 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 79%
WD Blue 2.5" 160GB (2009)-$23 13,176 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 144GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 158 1050 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 363 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 39194 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 204 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1668685 (C2) HDA temperature 120 70 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	35.1% Below average	Read 62.3 Write 59.8 Mixed 59.8 46% 60.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.35 89% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 36%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$55 30,952 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 125GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 176 1800 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3006 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20001 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2785 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 121 121 239678 (C2) HDA temperature 124 86 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33.7% Below average	Read 55.7 Write 61.5 Mixed 59.3 44% 58.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBR2 1315 BLS16G4D240FSB.16FBD 24GB 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.6% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 12.5 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 16 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

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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 $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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Total price: $524

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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