MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	285% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 07 '20 at 18:44
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6402P 15,913 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 212 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 414 52% 396 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Lighting 41.5 Reflection 30 Parallax 51.8 34% 41.1 fps	MRender 28.8 Gravity 40.8 Splatting 36.9 29% 35.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1040 784 763 740 722 713 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	285% Outstanding	Read 2,252 Write 2,331 Mixed 1,429 SusWrite 794 381% 1,701 MB/s	4K Read 66.8 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 90.3 300% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,304 DQ Write 1,100 DQ Mixed 1,203 901% 1,202 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 285% Great: 355%
Samsung HD322GJ 320GB 9,769 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 282GB free Firmware: 1AR10006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 129 130 130 131 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 129 Write 30.7 Mixed 70 SusWrite 130 66% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C15D4/4G KHX2666C16/8G KHX2666C15D4/4G 16GB 124 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 26 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 22.9 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 77%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 82%

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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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Value: 100% - Outstanding

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