MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.7% 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	107% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '21 at 20:15
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (51^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-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 112 2-Core 227 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 424 51% 390 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.7% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 135 Parallax 134 101% 131 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 131 Splatting 115 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 322GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 296 297 301 303 304 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 441 Mixed 408 SusWrite 295 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 50.3 177% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 229 202% 305 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 129%
PSM-1TBSATA3SSD2.5 1TB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 138GB free Firmware: T0317A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.2 6.9 7.3 7.3 7.5 7.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 466 Write 170 Mixed 12.2 SusWrite 7.3 35% 164 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 7.2 4K Mixed 0.4 41% 10.6 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 102%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$33 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 883GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 180 181 180 180 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 172 Mixed 102 SusWrite 178 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$33 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 906GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 180 180 181 181 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 170 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 179 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series 2x8GB 16,105 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.1% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 21.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 19.3 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 100%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	909x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	694x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	277x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	398x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	381x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	182x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16