MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '17 at 05:41
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 239 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 704 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2290 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63% Good	Lighting 79.6 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 67.5 65% 75.5 fps	MRender 79.7 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 69.6 59% 73 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX930 120GB-$229 1,100 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.9SE Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4836 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 330 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 153 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1179654 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 189 189 4305190953 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1006 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C2) HDA temperature 61 61 184685297703 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 27493907712 (EA) Unknown 100 100 72296976128 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8959076324 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13454071951	105% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 422 Mixed 452 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 29 156% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 41.1 105% 221 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 523GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 168 2366 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 361 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4967 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 327 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 49 739967017 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 583 (C2) HDA temperature 102 92 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	82.6% Excellent	Read 151 Write 137 Mixed 131 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.32 116% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 1x4GB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.5% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 10.6 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 12.2 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 60%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 48%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) - $180

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	906x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	688x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	276x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	394x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	380x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	61x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $524

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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