MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


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 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180623
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '20 at 22:17
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	49%

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 i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 271 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 731 74% 602 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 187 Parallax 168 135% 174 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 173 Splatting 118 111% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 143 119 107 99 80 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 327 Write 180 Mixed 226 SusWrite 114 47% 212 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 33.6 135% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 137 109% 149 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 85%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 8GB free Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2196 Write 1,855 Mixed 882 363% 1,644 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 66.6 238% 89.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,311 DQ Write 1,329 DQ Mixed 1,126 900% 1,256 MB/s
Poor: 159% Great: 353%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 147GB free Firmware: JA0OA560 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 51 51 50 50 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	Read 52.2 Write 54.3 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 50.5 32% 44.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 80% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 8,488 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 26.5 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 21.4 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 89%

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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 69%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 59%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,110x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	717x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	432x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	366x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	267x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	78x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $807

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