MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.9% 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	223% 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.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180627
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '21 at 21:22
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 700 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.9% Very good	Lighting 94.8 Reflection 108 Parallax 99 77% 101 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 98.2 79% 96.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team TM8FP6001T 1TB 9,663 User benchmarks, average bench 227% 649GB free (System drive) Firmware: EDFMB0.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1349 353 335 342 339 337 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 1,334 Write 1,860 Mixed 1,354 SusWrite 509 285% 1,264 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 197 4K Mixed 77.6 281% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1170 DQ Write 1,148 DQ Mixed 1,224 902% 1,181 MB/s
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 305%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 929GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 127 127 127 127 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	74% Very good	Read 132 Write 116 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 126 72% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.4 105% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 75%
Corsair UFD 8GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 1GB free, PID 0a10 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.8 8.3 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	8.32% Terrible	Read 35.3 Write 7.2 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 8.3 15% 14.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.32% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 99,207 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.5% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 21.6 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 24.5 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	34.1"	1280 720	GSM7715 LG HDR WFHD

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Typical H170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 292 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	88x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	55x
Core i5-6600Intel $128Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	39x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	60x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	21x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	22x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
S11-256G-PHISON-SSD-B3 256GBBench 66%, 104 samples	9x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $42Bench 68%, 16,658 samples	22x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	14x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	9x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $325

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16