MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	87.4% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '20 at 19:42
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$72 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 101 2-Core 200 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 392 53% 395 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia Quadro K4000 11,114 User benchmarks, average bench 13% HP(103C 079C) 3GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 1404 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 353.30 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Lighting 15.6 Reflection 14.3 Parallax 18.3 13% 16.1 fps	MRender 20.8 Gravity 14.1 Splatting 16.8 14% 17.2 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 13%
Nvidia Quadro K600 8,087 User benchmarks, average bench 3% HP(103C 094B) 1GB CLim: 875 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 353.30 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.93% Terrible	Lighting 4.43 Reflection 4.12 Parallax 4.38 4% 4.31 fps	MRender 5.1 Gravity 3.93 Splatting 7.04 4% 5.36 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.93% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKJF180A5H REF 180GB 424 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: LWDi SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 175 183 168 193 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 373 Write 257 Mixed 249 SusWrite 181 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 44.2 163% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 141 136% 217 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 87%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 130GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 211 211 213 253 248 MB/s Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53% Above average	Read 254 Write 159 Mixed 162 SusWrite 234 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 37 4K Mixed 21.5 88% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 37.1 DQ Write 39.9 DQ Mixed 35.9 28% 37.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 148GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 152 152 150 152 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 142 Write 124 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 151 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 215% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV16GX4M1A2400C16 Kingston 9905625-065.A00G 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 25 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 77%

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

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Typical H170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 292 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	88x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	55x
Core i5-6600Intel $123Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	39x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	60x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	21x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	22x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
S11-256G-PHISON-SSD-B3 256GBBench 66%, 104 samples	9x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $41Bench 68%, 16,658 samples	22x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	14x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	9x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $325

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16