MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.3% 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	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	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 Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '19 at 12:09
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 770 74% 611 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 372A) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.3% Poor	Lighting 37.9 Reflection 23.4 Parallax 15.8 31% 25.7 fps	MRender 4.29 Gravity 40 Splatting 36.1 23% 26.8 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 466GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 467 472 463 460 461 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 452 Mixed 389 SusWrite 466 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 67.5 227% 80.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 131%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 890GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 124 151 133 177 171 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 31.5 Mixed 65.6 SusWrite 145 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 172 173 173 174 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 157 Mixed 99.2 SusWrite 172 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 231% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 108%
WD My Passport 0810 1TB 5,284 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 695GB free, PID 0810 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 102 102 103 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 98.1 Write 91.4 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 102 117% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 23.4 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 27.6 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 81%

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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	687x
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	180x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	130x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	61x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $533

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) $30	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