MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.2% 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	134% 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	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

22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago.

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 colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '22 at 15:43
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 238 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 735 71% 586 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.2% Very good	Lighting 97.1 Reflection 107 Parallax 99.3 79% 101 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 97.3 79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 472 486 485 492 492 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 481 Mixed 411 SusWrite 470 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 65 222% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 134%
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 238GB free Firmware: SN07373 SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 441 444 444 448 445 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	83.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 25.1 84% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 26.5 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 88%

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

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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 $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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Total price: $702

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	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) $29	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