MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


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 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.7% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171205
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '18 at 12:59
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i7-7700K-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 146 2-Core 268 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 799 77% 637 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% XFX(1682 970A) CLim: 1070 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 78.9 Reflection 59.6 Parallax 108 64% 82.2 fps	MRender 60 Gravity 79.3 Splatting 76.5 60% 71.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3866 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 737 (B1) Unknown 75 75 122 (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 61 34 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 42 (F1) Unknown 99 99 49251315455	87.7% Excellent	Read 486 Write 250 Mixed 275 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 30 137% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 65.1 103% 201 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 215061248 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 171 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16965768 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1077 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 170 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 622067749 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9628 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 64424509477 (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 -107661945208309 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11577756384 (F2) Unknown 100 253 169654078347	95.6% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 166 Mixed 165 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.2 79% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 1TB 4,375 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 836GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 73.1 Write 79.7 Mixed 69.4 56% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.27 82% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 64%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 246GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 215700860 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 508 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 55239936 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2930 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 500 (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 63 48 622067749 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 513 (C2) HDA temperature 37 16 68719476773 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 215700860 (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 105308303133552 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25342648498 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28378679515	85.1% Excellent	Read 155 Write 142 Mixed 153 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.26 80% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 20.3 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 22 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 80%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 59%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) - $350

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,117x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	725x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	422x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	436x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	366x
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	82x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	79x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $801

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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