MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151217
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '17 at 21:22
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 656 71% 563 Pts	64-Core 655 41% 655 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Lighting 68.3 Reflection 68.2 Parallax 60.3 56% 65.6 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 63.4 Splatting 53.2 50% 62.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 134GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1365 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 833 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 65 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 862389891	113% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 388 Mixed 417 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 47.9 179% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 118 142% 250 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 76GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^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 2621 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1548 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 58 180388626464 (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 3742648542 (F7) Unknown 100 100 117361937 (F8) Unknown 100 100 66014448	88% Excellent	Read 502 Write 259 Mixed 347 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 27.9 130% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 52.5 105% 214 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 91%
Samsung MZNLF128HCHP-00004 128GB 7,448 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: FXT2301Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1373 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 851 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 33 (AE) Unknown 99 99 7 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1070 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 39 42 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 16500390 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2783 (F2) Unknown 99 99 3990 (F9) Unknown 99 99 4224	48.5% Average	Read 508 Write 67.5 Mixed 90.2 47% 222 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 22.6 4K Mixed 10.9 68% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 27.3 DQ Mixed 18.6 34% 71.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR1 1315 CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR1 1315 CT8G4DFD8213.C16FBD1 1315 CT8G4DFD8213.C16FBD1 32GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 24 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns

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Typical H170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 291 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	87x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	55x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	39x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	60x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	21x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	22x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
S11-256G-PHISON-SSD-B3 256GBBench 66%, 104 samples	9x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $41Bench 68%, 16,658 samples	22x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	14x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	9x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $325

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