MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (21%). 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	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '17 at 15:23
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 460 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2363 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Lighting 81.5 Reflection 82.5 Parallax 73.5 66% 79.2 fps	MRender 86.1 Gravity 74.8 Splatting 77.5 65% 79.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP580 120GB 3,644 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.0.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 438 (0C) Power cycle count 1 100 42 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 29 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 1 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2323 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 48 100 214750986288 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 0 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 1 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 688593964 (F2) Unknown 100 100 961703137	51% Above average	Read 339 Write 154 Mixed 196 50% 230 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 47.6 4K Mixed 15.9 89% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 53.1 DQ Mixed 11.9 17% 31.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 181GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 79216091 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3353 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 31822134 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10473 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 537 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 62 54 639631398 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3668 (C2) HDA temperature 38 19 81604378662 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 1 79216091 (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 -40918153420864 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11446349715 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17962179438	70% Very good	Read 126 Write 118 Mixed 107 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.28 83% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 112%
ST1000LM 024 HN-M101MBB 1TB 633 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 42GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 41.5 Write 43 Mixed 41.8 55% 42.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.33 71% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLE8G4D30AEEA.K16FE Kingston KHX3000C15D4/4GX Kingston KHX3000C15D4/4GX 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 3067, 3067, 3067 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 33.1 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 25.5 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

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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	718x
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	268x

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 $269	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 $177	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