MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	51.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160125
Uptime	11.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '17 at 22:50
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (50^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-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 92.8 2-Core 190 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 544 52% 428 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	54.5% Above average	Lighting 69.8 Reflection 70.8 Parallax 63.9 57% 68.2 fps	MRender 67.4 Gravity 62.5 Splatting 55.4 50% 61.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 177270907 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -116591182211782 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 303 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 24 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 38 73016934428 (C2) HDA temperature 28 38 73016934428 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 177270907 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 177270907 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 177270907 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 77309411329 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12585 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7677 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7677 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5031 (F4) Unknown 97 97 6750303	51.5% Above average	Read 223 Write 120 Mixed 152 36% 165 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 15.6 102% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 32.9 50% 92.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 88GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 58746126 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 311 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 45656789 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5442 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 300 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 73 66 521142299 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 402 (C2) HDA temperature 27 14 60129542171 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 58746126 (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 -30116310674127 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14836210819 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13645483042	87.4% Excellent	Read 153 Write 152 Mixed 141 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.28 81% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 112%
SAMSUNG HD154UI 1.5TB 225 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 1.5TB free, PID 0216 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 36.9 Write 42.7 Mixed 41.6 53% 40.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.38 74% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.1% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 24.7 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 21.5 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 91%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,110x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	713x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	431x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	364x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	267x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	78x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $802

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16