MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '18 at 17:13
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$115 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)	86% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 235 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 467 63% 468 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Asus(1043 04F3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 970 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.5% Below average	Lighting 49.4 Reflection 50.5 Parallax 56.8 40% 52.3 fps	MRender 49.9 Gravity 45.2 Splatting 35.9 35% 43.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8837 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1799 (B1) Unknown 97 97 33 (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 65 56 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 4 (EB) Unknown 99 99 145 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21502251939	79.4% Very good	Read 507 Write 325 Mixed 339 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 68.3 4K Mixed 21.5 126% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 42 DQ Write 66.6 DQ Mixed 19.6 25% 42.7 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 118%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 92 152 (03) Spinup time 71 71 9430 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 2651 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 48575 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 323 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 92 152 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 442 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 66 370081814 (C2) HDA temperature 74 64 215185555482 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 612109 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 6 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	59.1% Above average	Read 101 Write 105 Mixed 107 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.43 101% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 199062224 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4559 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 5186308 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5718 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1072 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 8654680 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 46 554893345 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9950 (C2) HDA temperature 33 54 60129542177 (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 81780472283737 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3717230923 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2029963432	90.2% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 146 Mixed 151 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3500620AS 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 924GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 73 73 9050 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 1784 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 10380 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 70942 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 423 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 58 437125146 (C2) HDA temperature 68 56 537788448 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 66596 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	64.8% Good	Read 111 Write 115 Mixed 119 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.52 128% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 67%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 886GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 108 102 7575 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18466 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 11 11 65187 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 683 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 10 10 572471 (C2) HDA temperature 114 85 33 (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	56.1% Above average	Read 91.7 Write 104 Mixed 95.6 73% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.31 90% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x4GB 12,708 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 12.2 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.4 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 80%

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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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,127x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	728x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	425x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	439x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	367x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	271x

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 $40Bench 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: $938

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16