MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	42.5 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '22 at 00:55
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 242 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 681 66% 545 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 149 Parallax 138 112% 142 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 140 Splatting 125 104% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 277 295 293 297 298 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 441 Write 418 Mixed 364 SusWrite 307 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 57.2 195% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 698GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	62% Good	Read 109 Write 99.1 Mixed 70.4 SusWrite 106 71% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 65%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 475GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 142 141 145 146 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 167 Write 143 Mixed 84.1 SusWrite 144 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 029E CMD16GX4M2B3000C15 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 029E CMD16GX4M2B3000C15 48GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.4% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 22.3 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 23.1 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 71%

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

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) - $180

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	913x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	696x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	280x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	399x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	382x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	182x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	132x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	62x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	70x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $702

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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