MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	61.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	35.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (90%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161222
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '21 at 05:36
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	90%

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PC Performing way below expectations (16^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-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	40.1% Average	Memory 28.3 1-Core 57.4 2-Core 107 34% 64.1 Pts	4-Core 279 8-Core 394 42% 336 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.68 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61.5% Good	Lighting 91.1 Reflection 7.9 Parallax 4.7 74% 34.6 fps	MRender 46.9 Gravity 48 Splatting 40.9 37% 45.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
3 120GB SSD 120GB 3,381 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8E SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 103 75 47 51 53 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	35.7% Below average	Read 192 Write 182 Mixed 186 SusWrite 79 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 18.2 4K Mixed 11.1 32% 11.7 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 151 152% 245 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 91%
Kbg30zmv256g TOSHIBA 256GB 31,797 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 77GB free Firmware: ADHA0102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 325 405 355 319 229 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 350 Write 375 Mixed 339 SusWrite 330 79% 349 MB/s	4K Read 11.2 4K Write 22.9 4K Mixed 14.3 47% 16.1 MB/s	DQ Read 586 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 406 310% 427 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 147%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 54GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 132 157 153 125 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 110 Write 117 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 135 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 9,293 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	46.7% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 18.2 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 5.6 20% 7.03 GB/s	Latency 265 15% 265 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 87%

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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	5	4	120	23.5"	1280 720	MSI1462 Optix MAG24C

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Gaming 69%

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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	717x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	432x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	366x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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