MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.2% 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	47.9% 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 Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '16 at 00:56
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 126 2-Core 229 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 674 66% 543 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 98.9 Reflection 115 Parallax 104 81% 106 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 93.6 Splatting 101 80% 96.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 378GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4297 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 477 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 33 (B4) Unknown 0 0 10441 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 57 184684249127 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 9126526265 (F7) Unknown 100 100 285240829 (F8) Unknown 100 100 21821561	87.7% Excellent	Read 492 Write 399 Mixed 359 92% 417 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 88 4K Mixed 24.1 120% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 92.8 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 28.8 65% 128 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 104%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 15144972 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 -49967649496798 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1399 (AB) Unknown 0 0 3 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 48 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 3 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15144972 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15144972 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15144972 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 28084 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23767 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23767 (F2) Unknown 0 0 30693	47.9% Average	Read 213 Write 143 Mixed 133 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 7.44 96% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 29.7 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 47.5 48% 74.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 66%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 164 4308 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1708 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8106 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 936 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 397064 (C2) HDA temperature 118 113 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	78.3% Very good	Read 148 Write 125 Mixed 122 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.25 98% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 489GB free Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 161518896 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 18411 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 53745460 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36385 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2135 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098371 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 63 505085982 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 47244640286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 14 161518896 (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 14688788189059 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4040901116 (F2) Unknown 100 253 489250169	51.4% Above average	Read 93.8 Write 85.3 Mixed 73.9 63% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.44 91% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 110%

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

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	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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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