MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.6% 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	57.8% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '17 at 07:15
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 87.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 238 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 458 62% 459 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 119 Parallax 102 86% 109 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 102 82% 99.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 221 100 1757 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 703 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1896 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1949 (A9) Unknown 100 100 27 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1928 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 100 188978561054 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 64 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 188666 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4892 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4026	57.8% Above average	Read 490 Write 200 Mixed 174 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 3.33 72% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 24.8 52% 105 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 78%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 455GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 165 2675 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 872 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4909 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 701 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13995 (C2) HDA temperature 118 102 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.4% Very good	Read 148 Write 128 Mixed 109 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.36 134% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M1A2400C14 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 16GB 756 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 21.9 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 15.6 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 82%

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

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Typical Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 3,168 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	721x
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	270x

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 $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