MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 4 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '18 at 03:47
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$139 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 237 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 456 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7971) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4541 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.6% Terrible	Lighting 7.1 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 7.22 6% 8.55 fps	MRender 7.24 Gravity 6.17 Splatting 14.6 8% 9.34 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.6% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0 8TB 5,351 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 161 168 178 186 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 188 Mixed 107 SusWrite 174 118% 160 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.1 303% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 105%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 167 164 170 165 167 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 164 Mixed 79 SusWrite 167 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 113%
Patriot Memory 8GB 193 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 3.3 6.3 8.1 8.1 8.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	10% Very poor	Read 31.8 Write 8 Mixed 8.2 SusWrite 6.2 14% 13.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.1 90% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 10% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D26BFSB.8FBD2 1x4GB 205 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	46.3% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 12 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 13.9 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 52%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	907x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	691x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	277x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	394x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	381x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	182x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16