MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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

10 months ago, 7 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180623
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '23 at 09:16
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (96^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 111 2-Core 275 88% 160 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 746 78% 626 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$230 82,770 User benchmarks, average bench 74% MSI(1462 C979) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.99 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79% Very good	Lighting 108 Reflection 86.6 Parallax 93.3 88% 96.1 fps	MRender 85.5 Gravity 74.3 Splatting 67 61% 75.6 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 11,085 Write 9,761 Mixed 10,212 2,310% 10,353 MB/s	4K Read 752 4K Write 333 4K Mixed 444 1,885% 510 MB/s	DQ Read 1,822 DQ Write 1,361 DQ Mixed 1,383 1,091% 1,522 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$100 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 384GB free Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 492 493 492 493 492 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 491 Mixed 455 SusWrite 492 109% 484 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 71.4 239% 84.9 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 364 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 137%
Intel 670p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$79 14,932 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 353GB free Firmware: 003C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2201 2203 1637 154 148 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	352% Outstanding	Read 2,807 Write 2,208 Mixed 1,604 SusWrite 1,083 429% 1,926 MB/s	4K Read 83.3 4K Write 247 4K Mixed 113 402% 148 MB/s	DQ Read 882 DQ Write 1,362 DQ Mixed 592 597% 945 MB/s
Poor: 137% ↑ This bench: 352% Great: 383%
Samsung PSSD T7 500GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 105GB free, PID 4001 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 592 594 560 246 219 239 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	374% Outstanding	Read 535 Write 592 Mixed 524 SusWrite 408 702% 515 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 39.2 3,663% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.8 DQ Write 74.9 DQ Mixed 41.5 4,073% 49.1 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 374% Great: 355%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 04CD F4-3200C16-8GVKB 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 04CD F4-3200C16-8GVKB 32GB 133 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 31.5 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 46.5 SC Mixed 32 97% 33.9 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	59	60	23"	1280 720	ACI23C5 ASUS VP239

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Typical Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 3,223 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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,136x
Core i5-6600KIntel $59Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	734x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	429x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	445x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	368x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	272x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	83x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	79x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	91x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $937

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359