MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (7th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 93 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.2% 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	23.4% 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	12.3 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 06:47
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way below expectations (7^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 (13^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Memory 79 1-Core 85.7 2-Core 182 66% 116 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 640 53% 461 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.7% 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 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.2% Below average	Lighting 33 Reflection 51 Parallax 71.9 27% 52 fps	MRender 54.5 Gravity 48.5 Splatting 69.6 48% 57.6 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 34.2% 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 (0^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 1,567 Write 67.3 Mixed 128 123% 588 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 1.95 24% 5.78 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 73.6% 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 (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 100 25393670 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 133152576149010 (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 30 49 68722688030 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 109 100 25393670 (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	23.4% Poor	Read 204 Write 104 Mixed 133 32% 147 MB/s	4K Read 8.68 4K Write 10.4 4K Mixed 6.62 27% 8.57 MB/s	DQ Read 16.3 DQ Write 13.3 DQ Mixed 7.24 8% 12.3 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23.4% 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	71% Very good	Read 128 Write 119 Mixed 122 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.49 117% 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)	38.6% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 11.6 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 12.3 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 85%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 48%

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

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	912x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	695x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	280x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	398x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	382x
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	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	70x

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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