MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 123% UFO	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	143% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months 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 (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-6700K-$358 198,716 User benchmarks, average bench 91% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	SC Int 130 SC Float 139 SC Mixed 135 108% 134 Pts	QC Int 404 QC Float 399 QC Mixed 386 90% 396 Pts	MC Int 635 MC Float 470 MC Mixed 628 87% 578 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$799 110,500 User benchmarks, average bench 154% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2902 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Lighting 483 Reflection 445 Parallax 498 151% 475 fps	MRender 234 Gravity 453 Splatting 234 136% 307 fps
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 177%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$200 48,631 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 253GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SYSTEM 4KALIGNED Performing as expected (43^rd 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: 180% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 277%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$130 3,708 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 157GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (98^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: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 81%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$80 274,376 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 44GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (98^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: 69% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 114%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 6,956 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (97^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: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 85%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1.5TB 781 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 315GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th 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: 13% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 4,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	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: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 93%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 65%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) - $104

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $358Bench 91%, 198,716 samples	1,104x
Core i5-6600KIntel $231Bench 89%, 111,329 samples	1,103x
Core i5-6500Intel $195Bench 73%, 56,646 samples	427x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 265,250 samples	712x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 71%, 231,755 samples	469x
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 64%, 247,983 samples	444x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 274,376 samples	424x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 96%, 191,118 samples	185x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $81Bench 58%, 27,117 samples	100x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $190Bench 85%, 62,158 samples	131x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $172Bench 72%, 22,355 samples	109x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $226Bench 72%, 16,746 samples	96x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $1,179

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $290	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $190	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $931	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $204	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12