MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	73.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151217
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 09:15
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	64% Good	Memory 86 1-Core 114 2-Core 197 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 261 33% 252 Pts	64-Core 270 17% 270 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gainward(10B0 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1642 MHz, MLim: 1922 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Lighting 94.4 Reflection 94.7 Parallax 86.5 77% 91.8 fps	MRender 87.5 Gravity 85 Splatting 75.6 67% 82.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1188 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1089 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 67 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 130983 (A5) Unknown 100 100 164 (A6) Unknown 100 100 68 (A7) Unknown 100 100 126 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 282 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 21 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 116346 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 786193 (F2) Unknown 100 100 335891 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1047864	98% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 361 Mixed 425 95% 429 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 35.6 141% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 69.9 113% 216 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 103%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$29 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 842GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 74 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12897026226 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1209 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4172 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1078 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1209 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1209 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 167504314390 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	97.6% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 160 Mixed 170 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 107%
Toshiba MK5076GSX 500GB-$54 7,200 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 221GB free Firmware: GS001M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2104 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6132 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 67 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 5471 (0A) Spinup retry count 220 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4136 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 89 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 434 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 44110 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159282200 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 8 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 83 (DE) Loaded hours 90 90 4038 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 332 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	36.4% Below average	Read 64.1 Write 62.6 Mixed 62.7 48% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.29 78% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-2400 2x8GB 836 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 29 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 35.5 SC Mixed 22.2 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%

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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	1,110x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	712x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	431x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	364x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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