MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	136% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

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System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160830
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '18 at 08:40
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^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)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 257 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 780 76% 621 Pts	64-Core 775 48% 775 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 90%

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: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2277 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Lighting 81.8 Reflection 79.9 Parallax 70.4 67% 77.4 fps	MRender 83 Gravity 74.1 Splatting 74.9 63% 77.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLV256 256GB 8,369 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 1,390 Write 291 Mixed 458 154% 713 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 195 4K Mixed 21.3 195% 86.3 MB/s	DQ Read 44.5 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 21.8 61% 122 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 147%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 846GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 200600504 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2752 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16606371 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5416 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 711 (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 71 67 488308765 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12525 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 55834574877 (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 104260331113385 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2316633360 (F2) Unknown 100 253 725464899342	90.3% Outstanding	Read 136 Write 178 Mixed 128 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.81 218% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSC.16FBR 2x16GB 680 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 24.9 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 25.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 86%

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

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	688x
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	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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