MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.5% 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	111% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160125
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 14:02
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (57^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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 240 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 553 58% 467 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.5% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 140 Parallax 119 92% 124 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 126 Splatting 105 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5373 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 796 (B1) Unknown 98 98 30 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 50 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 51 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11382659385	111% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 415 Mixed 421 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 42 173% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 101 128% 230 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 324GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 192647112 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3601 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17733901 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5293 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 786 (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 70 60 521076766 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38665 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 12884901918 (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 93398358820726 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8387755116 (F2) Unknown 100 253 287487498389	83.3% Excellent	Read 167 Write 124 Mixed 133 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.18 68% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 114%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB 2,387 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 6GB free, PID c75c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	7.25% Terrible	Read 25.4 Write 9.88 Mixed 10.3 16% 15.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.91 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.009 22% 1.98 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.25% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.8 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 22.2 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 88%

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Typical Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 3,160 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	1,111x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	717x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	433x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	366x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	267x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	78x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16