MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151217
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 13:25
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 468 62% 468 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 985 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Lighting 43 Reflection 49.3 Parallax 52.8 35% 48.4 fps	MRender 50.3 Gravity 39 Splatting 36.2 34% 41.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 58069607 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 81011673149285 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3435 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 148 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 54 42953211934 (C2) HDA temperature 30 54 42953211934 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 58069607 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 58069607 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 58069607 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11831 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11488 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11488 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17435	36.5% Below average	Read 151 Write 85.2 Mixed 103 25% 113 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 9.29 75% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 75.6 DQ Write 95 DQ Mixed 8.63 28% 59.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 73%
WD WD5000AVVS-63H0B1 500GB 11,411 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 188GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 147 145 3625 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7747 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23027 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5212 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1347 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 324737 (C2) HDA temperature 120 87 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	41.5% Average	Read 71.2 Write 73.1 Mixed 71.7 54% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.3 87% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 51%
Toshiba MK3276GSX H 320GB 586 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 168GB free Firmware: GS001Y Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^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 1213 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2921 (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 85 85 6361 (0A) Spinup retry count 158 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2884 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 65840 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 180389478427 (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 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 87 (DE) Loaded hours 97 97 1372 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 355 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	37.6% Below average	Read 63.1 Write 67.8 Mixed 62.5 48% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.33 84% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2133 C15 1x8GB 11,823 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	42.9% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 12.7 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 13.8 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 43%

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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 $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