MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 18 months ago, 16 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180623
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '23 at 00:04
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 226 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 614 63% 508 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 537.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 148 Parallax 136 115% 142 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 146 Splatting 124 106% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix PC401 HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GB 5,344 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80000E00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 308 310 311 304 308 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 278 Write 196 Mixed 486 SusWrite 310 72% 318 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 30.1 114% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 298 231% 317 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 163%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$63 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 19 28 25 32 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 31.8 Write 43.7 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 25.8 28% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.3 122% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15/8G 32GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 31.8 SC Mixed 21.7 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 77%

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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	71	59	60	20"	1280 720	GSM4E9E W2043

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Typical Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 3,213 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	1,133x
Core i5-6600KIntel $64Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	730x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	428x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	442x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	367x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	272x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	83x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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	89x
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 $174	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 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16