MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160723
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '17 at 16:22
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 86.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 237 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 464 62% 464 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371D) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2040 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Lighting 84.3 Reflection 83 Parallax 71.8 69% 79.7 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 73.5 Splatting 70.4 59% 72.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221 10,770 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 100 88 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 243 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 346 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 100 240518168617 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 36 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1670 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1194 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1623	68% Good	Read 493 Write 324 Mixed 334 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 4.19 83% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 18.3 45% 92.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 749GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1994 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5084 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1922 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1870 (C2) HDA temperature 122 99 21 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 359 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	91.8% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 166 Mixed 121 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 3.01 4K Mixed 0.3 138% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 109%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$40 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 120GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896829621 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 773 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 935 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 242 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 773 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 773 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 133144444954 (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	74.3% Very good	Read 128 Write 131 Mixed 82.3 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.2 79% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2800 C16 Series 2x8GB 1,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 22.1 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 99%

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) - $180

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	913x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	696x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	281x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	399x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	383x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	182x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	132x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	67x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	62x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	70x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $702

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16