MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	147% 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.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170502
Uptime	15.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '20 at 18:10
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 77 1-Core 138 2-Core 273 88% 163 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 473 65% 485 Pts	64-Core 476 29% 476 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.1% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 124 Parallax 106 90% 113 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 115 Splatting 97.7 85% 104 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 297 279 260 265 247 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 1,395 Write 744 Mixed 560 SusWrite 286 164% 746 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 44.2 167% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 789 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 366 310% 467 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 243%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$80 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 600GB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 115 118 119 119 119 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	70% Good	Read 126 Write 127 Mixed 103 SusWrite 118 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905665-011.A00G 9905665-011.A00G 9905622-024.A00G 9905622-024.A00G 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	60.8% Good	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 21.3 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 18.8 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 86.3 46% 86.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 71%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,121x
Core i5-6600KIntel $122Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	727x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	424x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	437x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	366x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	271x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	83x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	79x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $841

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	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) $39	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