MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	127% 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	230% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	7.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '20 at 16:59
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 102 2-Core 176 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 570 56% 457 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% EVGA(3842 3183) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 182 Parallax 194 136% 181 fps	MRender 209 Gravity 161 Splatting 117 128% 163 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 695 415 416 413 409 408 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 2,379 Write 2,046 Mixed 1,362 SusWrite 459 348% 1,562 MB/s	4K Read 55.2 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 75.5 250% 87.7 MB/s	DQ Read 750 DQ Write 554 DQ Mixed 726 522% 677 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 340%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 149GB free Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 212 202 201 221 219 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 457 Write 237 Mixed 257 SusWrite 212 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 15.1 94% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 23.1 43% 84.6 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 291GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 63 66 64 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 88.2 Write 68.1 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 61.9 53% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 74%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 248 249 228 250 245 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 242 Write 243 Mixed 106 SusWrite 241 152% 208 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 7.9 4K Mixed 1.8 417% 3.8 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 138%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 1x16GB 199 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.6% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 12.9 SC Mixed 11.8 34% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 46%

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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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Typical Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 3,169 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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,113x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	721x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	434x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	366x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	270x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	79x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16