MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% 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	227% 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	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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '17 at 05:35
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 260 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 601 62% 500 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2902 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 171 Parallax 156 131% 163 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 151 Splatting 102 98% 121 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 253GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1,935 Write 1,324 Mixed 1,160 326% 1,473 MB/s	4K Read 55.8 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 32.6 202% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 59.1 DQ Write 403 DQ Mixed 182 155% 215 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 254%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 157GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5050 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 506 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 64 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 190 190 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 55 (C2) HDA temperature 71 62 163210002461 (F1) Unknown 100 100 47003	82.3% Excellent	Read 515 Write 352 Mixed 354 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 9.84 100% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 43.1 94% 197 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 101%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 44GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5080 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 519 (B1) Unknown 99 99 17 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14156073957	117% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 415 Mixed 417 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 47.3 189% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 27.3 96% 213 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 86 (03) Spinup time 129 129 38686360033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 839 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 23393 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 512 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4127 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 253404381219 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 17798	85.7% Excellent	Read 158 Write 141 Mixed 117 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.38 112% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 82%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1.5TB 2,135 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 315GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	29% Poor	Read 58.1 Write 73.2 Mixed 65.2 87% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.16 57% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.4% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 13.9 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 88%

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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 $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