MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	162% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (54%). 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	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '17 at 14:03
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 208 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 366 47% 357 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 139 Parallax 124 113% 134 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 138 Splatting 108 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 1,226 Write 571 Mixed 848 194% 882 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 193 4K Mixed 31.1 216% 91.2 MB/s	DQ Read 452 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 159 168% 283 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 243%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 447GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 196447311 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2731 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 70211048 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8690 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2711 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 79 79 21 (BC) Unknown 100 24 8590065748 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 59 420937753 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 81 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 80 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 10 10 180393 (C2) HDA temperature 25 41 42949672985 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 43 196447311 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	42.1% Average	Read 72.3 Write 74.6 Mixed 69.2 54% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.37 78% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 43%
Samsung HM160HI 160GB-$50 4,054 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 49GB free Firmware: HH100-08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 252 252 2000 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6791 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 15072 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3839 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4508 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1023 (C2) HDA temperature 160 70 240518496282 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 252 252 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 97 97 3423 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 47 47 539248	36.2% Below average	Read 64 Write 62.2 Mixed 47.1 43% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.35 79% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x16GB 4,083 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.8 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 23.2 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 85%

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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	714x
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	365x
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 $130Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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