MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.6% 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	65.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161019
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '17 at 00:57
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 230 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 685 67% 551 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 111 Parallax 107 92% 110 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 99 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0705AB Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^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 59 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 30 (A3) Unknown 100 100 282 (94) Unknown 100 100 13834 (95) Unknown 100 100 209 (96) Unknown 100 100 9 (97) Unknown 100 100 186 (A4) Unknown 100 100 5949 (A5) Unknown 100 100 19 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38625196703769 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 21262 (F2) Unknown 100 100 29653 (F5) Unknown 100 100 35136 (F6) Unknown 100 100 27668 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	65.6% Good	Read 491 Write 253 Mixed 268 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 13.9 92% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.8 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 13.9 32% 63.5 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 92%
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 129GB free Firmware: P1021A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^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 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 56 (A3) Unknown 100 100 8 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1992 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (94) Unknown 100 100 408 (95) Unknown 100 100 19 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 41 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7401 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3766 (F5) Unknown 100 100 31872	88.6% Excellent	Read 514 Write 344 Mixed 354 89% 404 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 27.9 121% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 59.2 94% 179 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 118%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 647GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 172 2358 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 34 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 217 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 90 (C2) HDA temperature 116 111 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	86.1% Excellent	Read 155 Write 145 Mixed 159 116% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.32 117% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 14,957 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 26.4 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 23.4 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 103%

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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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	908x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	694x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	277x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	397x
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	62x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16