MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.85% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	242% 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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 29 '20 at 18:43
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 205 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 379 51% 381 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Zotac(19DA 6199) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 333 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.85% Terrible	Lighting 4.83 Reflection 5.73 Parallax 3.72 4% 4.76 fps	MRender 5.67 Gravity 4.8 Splatting 3.52 4% 4.66 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.85% Great: 5%

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% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 670 555 549 538 525 518 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 1,895 Write 1,668 Mixed 1,378 SusWrite 559 307% 1,375 MB/s	4K Read 61.6 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 80.6 271% 94 MB/s	DQ Read 1,184 DQ Write 992 DQ Mixed 1,090 816% 1,089 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 355%
Samsung HD322GJ 320GB 9,769 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 175GB free Firmware: 1AR10006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 144 145 146 146 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 145 Write 39.5 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 145 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.2 226% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 83.5% 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 below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 12.5 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 13.2 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 79.1 51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43% 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	61x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $533

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	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