MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '17 at 19:13
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 710 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6161) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 76.8 Reflection 76.2 Parallax 64.6 63% 72.5 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 72.9 59% 72.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SBBU120G1122 120GB 2,087 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3106000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1396 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 118 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1550512619957 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 50 214748364842 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 622772355217 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 269 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2049 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1009 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1044 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	53.1% Above average	Read 443 Write 13.2 Mixed 249 51% 235 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 5.87 96% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 4.37 55% 125 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 67%
Esata-2 HDS723030ALA640 3TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 915GB free Firmware: MKAO Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (E5) Unknown 225 0 4294967296 (E5) Unknown 226 0 4718848	60.1% Good	Read 106 Write 103 Mixed 77.4 71% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.41 116% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$60 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 879GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 73 (03) Spinup time 127 127 21494300969 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 281 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1473 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 117 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 289 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 289 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 137440329758 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	90.1% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 151 Mixed 130 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.22 109% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 108%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 145 Write 147 Mixed 141 186% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.49 82% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-007.A00G 2x8GB 157 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 21.9 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 23.6 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 79%

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Typical Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 3,218 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) - $350

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,134x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	732x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	429x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	444x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	367x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	272x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	83x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	79x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	90x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $937

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $145
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	WD Black SN850X M.2 4TB $293