MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.9% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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 Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151030
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '19 at 09:06
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 (97^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 254 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 704 75% 596 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 114 Parallax 99.2 90% 108 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 140 56 162 165 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 478 Mixed 376 SusWrite 167 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 40.2 148% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 191 182% 286 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 95%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 60GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 147 157 145 166 167 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 164 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 154 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 144% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G1A1 2x16GB 229 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.2% Average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.6 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 14.6 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 77%

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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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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	1,111x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	717x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	433x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	366x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	267x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	78x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $807

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