MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.8% 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	50% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161019
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '17 at 06:30
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 100% 184 Pts	4-Core 584 8-Core 589 78% 587 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.3% 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 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 103 Parallax 81.2 86% 96.8 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 105 Splatting 104 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 157GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1739 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 368 (64) Unknown 100 100 1520672 (65) Unknown 100 100 309600 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 448 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1299 (B7) Unknown 99 99 7 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 24 100 180389478424 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 4 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2734 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1557 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2156 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3988 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 4	68.3% Good	Read 484 Write 266 Mixed 273 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 9.26 81% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 9.37 64% 153 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 88%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 658 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 247 (A5) Unknown 100 100 68738416914 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 38 266287972391 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 390845104219 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 789 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2573 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1509 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2677 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	50% Above average	Read 504 Write 92.7 Mixed 121 51% 239 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 2.09 60% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 1.4 50% 121 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 4x4GB 1,206 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 27 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 26.4 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 103%

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

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	691x
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 $37Bench 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 $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