MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.6% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160813
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 21:20
Run Duration	84 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 528 70% 526 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 8C94) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2377 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Lighting 85.8 Reflection 83.7 Parallax 73.8 70% 81.1 fps	MRender 86.3 Gravity 77.2 Splatting 78.4 66% 80.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 60%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 4001 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1192 (64) Unknown 100 100 6974400 (65) Unknown 100 100 1011680 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 94 94 2095 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1422 (B7) Unknown 98 98 23 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 100 158914838554 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 95 95 5 (E9) Unknown 100 100 12695 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5673 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9193 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7573 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	62.6% Good	Read 475 Write 254 Mixed 262 73% 330 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 10.9 92% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 62.7 DQ Mixed 10.7 18% 35 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBR1 2x8GB 3,127 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	74% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 21.8 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 22.4 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 75%

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

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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	1,124x
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	438x
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 $135Bench 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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	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