MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.3% 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	63.1% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '18 at 21:31
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 282 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 575 8-Core 578 77% 576 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.3% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 109 Parallax 109 85% 107 fps	MRender 92 Gravity 95.5 Splatting 88.4 75% 92 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7TB3Q-256G-1006 256GB 3,659 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 136GB free Firmware: X2180306 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 252 252 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 4031 (0C) Power cycle count 252 252 777 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 133153619969 (AE) Unknown 252 252 32 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 2 24615 (BE) vendor-specific 68 27 32 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	89.9% Excellent	Read 380 Write 360 Mixed 345 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 26 133% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 55.4 109% 220 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 98%
Micron C400 RealSSD 256GB 11,652 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 07TA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^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 9844 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2667 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 58 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 14194921572774 (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 82 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 77 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	63.1% Good	Read 420 Write 255 Mixed 325 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 5.29 93% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 5.89 35% 79.2 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 69%
Intel X25-M 160GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 60GB free Firmware: 2CV102HA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 23 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1674 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1864 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 354 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 214496 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 1131 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 1 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 3027979911 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	45.1% Average	Read 256 Write 105 Mixed 148 37% 170 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 7.25 82% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 89.9 DQ Mixed 47.4 56% 98 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 46%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 286GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2514 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6249 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1312 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2460 (C2) HDA temperature 121 108 22 (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	62% Good	Read 141 Write 74.4 Mixed 143 91% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.38 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.32 139% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 24.8 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 24.4 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 79%

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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