MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	43.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '18 at 16:27
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 87.1 2-Core 213 72% 128 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 427 57% 427 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 78.2 Reflection 77.3 Parallax 68 64% 74.5 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 68 Splatting 70.2 57% 70.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 270 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 427 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1309990060406 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 36 274877906986 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 532579614844 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 944 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3510 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2044 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2281 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	43.2% Average	Read 495 Write 30.9 Mixed 258 56% 261 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 2.79 71% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 20.1 DQ Write 74.5 DQ Mixed 4.11 16% 32.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 86%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 298GB free Firmware: CP100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5440 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11577 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18666 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6725 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 203975 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 11 (BE) vendor-specific 81 50 19 (C2) HDA temperature 172 88 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 203975 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 1585	46.2% Average	Read 78.4 Write 82.2 Mixed 77.5 60% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.41 103% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 43%
Seagate ST3160318AS 160GB-$43 15,932 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 20GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 45270658 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3459 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 220926954 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10443 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1657 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 48 437583898 (C2) HDA temperature 26 52 68719476762 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 52 45270658 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -128398047298828 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1229972287 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1555619633	43.1% Average	Read 74.4 Write 75.3 Mixed 79.3 58% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.56 124% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.8% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 13.1 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 11.7 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 90%

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Typical H170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 290 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	87x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	54x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	39x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	60x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	21x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	22x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
S11-256G-PHISON-SSD-B3 256GBBench 66%, 104 samples	9x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $41Bench 68%, 16,658 samples	22x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	14x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	9x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $325

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