MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150907
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '17 at 09:42
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	16%

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 i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 218 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 429 57% 429 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% PwrHis(1787 2339) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Lighting 24.6 Reflection 28 Parallax 29.8 20% 27.5 fps	MRender 23.9 Gravity 22.4 Splatting 27.9 21% 24.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 498GB free Firmware: M0CR050 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 67 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 335 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 59 176094773278 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4603209663 (F7) Unknown 100 100 143941142 (F8) Unknown 100 100 64343347 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3581 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	78.2% Very good	Read 482 Write 314 Mixed 336 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 14.1 96% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 47.8 96% 196 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 104%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8082 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1847 (B1) Unknown 94 94 68 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 41 41 59495 (EB) Unknown 99 99 533 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19461951812	78.7% Very good	Read 494 Write 335 Mixed 339 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 69.5 4K Mixed 18.5 125% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 43.3 DQ Write 64.9 DQ Mixed 18.3 24% 42.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 893GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 64 66773900 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 253 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 23975261 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -11222749541973 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 253 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 64 538509344 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6087 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 77309411360 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 46093589022791 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11730075987 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15545475604	71.7% Very good	Read 123 Write 127 Mixed 97.9 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.23 86% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 105%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 242GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 168 4350 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1636 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9626 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1387 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 277 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19311 (C2) HDA temperature 116 106 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	50.4% Above average	Read 100 Write 75.3 Mixed 77.5 63% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.16 53% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 222GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 192 983 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1450 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27293 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1295 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 379 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 168 168 96167 (C2) HDA temperature 117 105 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.3% Above average	Read 100 Write 92.7 Mixed 71.9 66% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.19 55% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 67%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 126GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 137 (03) Spinup time 161 160 4941 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1856 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 46616 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1809 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 174 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1856 (C2) HDA temperature 108 104 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	50.5% Above average	Read 89.6 Write 85.9 Mixed 80 64% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.43 112% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 30.3 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 28.4 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 97%

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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	1,112x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	721x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	434x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	366x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	270x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	79x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16