MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '17 at 14:21
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 210 73% 130 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 410 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3285) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 375.57 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 75.2 Reflection 71.9 Parallax 68.6 61% 71.9 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 69 Splatting 71.3 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 480 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 141 (64) Unknown 100 100 551296 (65) Unknown 100 100 127440 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 341 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 640 (B7) Unknown 100 100 6 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 150324969505 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (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 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1005 (EA) Unknown 100 100 622 (F1) Unknown 100 100 810 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1101 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1	59.8% Above average	Read 466 Write 163 Mixed 190 59% 273 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 11.1 77% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 20.8 64% 142 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 887GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 72 64 18084410 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 441 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 570380 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 475 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 146 (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 68 68 538574880 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 445 (C2) HDA temperature 32 15 64424509472 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 18084410 (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 -123574799040242 (F1) Unknown 100 253 120950280 (F2) Unknown 100 253 141331502	102% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 169 Mixed 141 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.28 97% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x4GB-$48 7,720 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 20.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 18 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 80%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	87x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	55x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	39x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	60x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	21x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	22x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
S11-256G-PHISON-SSD-B3 256GBBench 66%, 104 samples	9x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $41Bench 68%, 16,658 samples	22x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	14x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	9x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $324

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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