MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	120% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	20 GB free of 24 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161222
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '17 at 02:43
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 511 66% 495 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3415) CLim: 1460 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.3.3 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	16.6% Very poor	Lighting 0.13 Reflection 64.7 Parallax 80.7 0% 48.5 fps	MRender 65.3 Gravity 61.3 Splatting 53.6 48% 60.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 120GB-$80 2,275 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 112GB free Firmware: SBFZ10.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1574 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 73 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 64 59 176094904356 (F1) Unknown 100 100 29911	97% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 444 Mixed 480 107% 481 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 12.5 124% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 18.7 97% 220 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 82%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1535 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 59 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 53 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8425394741	120% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 413 Mixed 419 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 50.4 196% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 126 150% 263 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 129 129 21494104355 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 901 (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 1747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 128 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 901 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 901 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 188979413027 (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	109% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 180 Mixed 163 135% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.22 98% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%
WD My Book 1234 4TB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2TB free, PID 1234 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 146 Write 143 Mixed 117 172% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.21 78% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 04CB DDR4 3000 2OZ 04CB DDR4 2400 2OZ 04CB DDR4 3000 2OZ 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 31.2 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 42.8 SC Mixed 28.7 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 99%

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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	714x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	431x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	365x
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 $40Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $802

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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