MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '21 at 19:20
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 268 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 676 76% 597 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.8% Very good	Lighting 91.2 Reflection 151 Parallax 95.3 74% 113 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 91.6 Splatting 84.1 73% 89.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,730 Write 2506 Mixed 1,904 530% 2,380 MB/s	4K Read 69.8 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 99.9 334% 119 MB/s	DQ Read 1,548 DQ Write 1,226 DQ Mixed 1,335 1,013% 1,370 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 208GB free Firmware: .6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 55 54 54 54 54 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 466 Mixed 418 SusWrite 87.8 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 48.9 175% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 241 203% 292 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 343GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 130 126 131 133 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 157 Write 126 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 130 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	75.8% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 22.9 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 25.1 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 85%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,111x
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	433x
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 $178	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