MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.7% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '17 at 15:23
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 146 2-Core 301 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 584 78% 585 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 114 Parallax 98.2 90% 108 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 98.8 Splatting 99.8 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TE256HMHP-000L2 256GB 2,145 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT06L0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1904 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 751 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 94 94 63 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4395 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 56 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 199 199 61474 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 79 (EC) Unknown 99 99 22 (ED) Unknown 99 99 63 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0	73.7% Very good	Read 508 Write 109 Mixed 152 55% 256 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 16.9 126% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 35.9 81% 174 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 91%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 12GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 514GB free Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 45869410 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4391 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 18 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17939357 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4351 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1406 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65543 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 54 437714970 (C2) HDA temperature 26 46 47244640282 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 35 45869410 (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 94313186860631 (F1) Unknown 100 253 976288994 (F2) Unknown 100 253 651911824	52.6% Above average	Read 88.6 Write 94.7 Mixed 89.8 69% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.52 119% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 65%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB 24,608 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 81GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 190 3433 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3525 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14119 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2799 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3430 (C2) HDA temperature 116 102 27 (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	33.9% Below average	Read 59.9 Write 58 Mixed 54.4 43% 57.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.28 80% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 52%
Inateck FE2005 500GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 386GB free, PID 2590 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 98.7 Write 105 Mixed 76.6 119% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.21 84% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 176%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 32.7 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 41.8 SC Mixed 30 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

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Workstation 48%

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

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	907x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	689x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	277x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	394x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	381x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	182x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	61x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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