MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	74.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	134% 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170502
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '20 at 21:59
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 73 1-Core 112 2-Core 225 75% 137 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 474 50% 400 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66.6% 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: 456.38 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.1% Very good	Lighting 93.3 Reflection 106 Parallax 89.5 76% 96.1 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 90.3 Splatting 91.2 70% 84.9 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 74.1% 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% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 320 314 335 303 283 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 1,181 Write 732 Mixed 486 SusWrite 322 150% 680 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 38.2 151% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 705 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 364 299% 440 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 243%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$109 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 112 106 113 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 141 Write 128 Mixed 105 SusWrite 111 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 186% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.4% 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	57.3% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.4 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 17.9 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 94.6 42% 94.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 71%

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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%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,136x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	734x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	429x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	445x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	368x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	272x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	83x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	79x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	91x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $937

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359