MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.1% 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	61.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	6.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '18 at 14:50
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 461 60% 454 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 111 Parallax 92.2 83% 102 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 90.4 Splatting 95.8 77% 93.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 82686710394025 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 401 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 33 (B7) Unknown 100 100 210 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 23 45 51542556695 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 210923 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 10316323 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 52 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 67 67 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10316323 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11231157 (F9) Unknown 100 100 247628	61.5% Good	Read 482 Write 147 Mixed 240 63% 289 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 9.44 101% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 10 38% 78.4 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 91%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 573GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 223 219 8833 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4317 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 9 9 66752 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1309 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 776 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4317 (C2) HDA temperature 129 99 21 (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	45.4% Average	Read 75.7 Write 82.1 Mixed 84.4 61% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.38 101% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 433GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 79874104 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1157 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 245045557 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 21914 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 407 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 52 336723988 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 22 22 156323 (C2) HDA temperature 20 48 42949672980 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -50976966827147 (F1) Unknown 100 253 107401644350 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2710837521238	75.3% Very good	Read 138 Write 125 Mixed 131 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 114%
WD 10EAVS External 1TB 1,289 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 238GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 38.6 Write 39.3 Mixed 11.7 36% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.36 86% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 99[2/7/4]199[F/T] 2x8GB 969 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.5% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 12.3 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 13 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 88%

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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 $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	906x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	688x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	276x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	394x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	380x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	181x

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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $533

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16