MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (8th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 92 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25.2% 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	21.1% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '16 at 06:25
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$170 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 83.1 2-Core 160 65% 109 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 396 43% 341 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.2% Poor	Lighting 22.2 Reflection 26.7 Parallax 43.6 18% 30.8 fps	MRender 49.9 Gravity 47 Splatting 47 39% 48 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 233GB free Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 1,144 Write 854 Mixed 1,074 228% 1,024 MB/s	4K Read 7.99 4K Write 7.82 4K Mixed 4.97 23% 6.93 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 243%
Corsai CSSD-F120GB2 120GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 100 11873703 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -40776419469807 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 903 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 91 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 68722688031 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 105 100 11873703 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 53504 (EA) Unknown 0 0 53760 (F1) Unknown 0 0 53760 (F2) Unknown 0 0 38464	21.1% Poor	Read 202 Write 87 Mixed 134 31% 141 MB/s	4K Read 8 4K Write 9.39 4K Mixed 5.39 24% 7.59 MB/s	DQ Read 13.5 DQ Write 10.9 DQ Mixed 6.29 6% 10.2 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 45%
WD WD5001AALS-00F41 500GB 443GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 141 3800 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8131 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38111 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 899 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 174 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7956 (C2) HDA temperature 103 94 40 (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	70.7% Very good	Read 128 Write 118 Mixed 124 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.48 120% 1.01 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	38% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.9 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 4.1 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 11 26% 8.93 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 85%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) - $180

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $54Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	919x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	697x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	282x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	401x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	385x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	182x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	132x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	67x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	62x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	71x

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