MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.6% 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	83.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160929
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '17 at 11:08
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 251 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 756 75% 610 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36E6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1596 MHz, MLim: 1897 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 120 Parallax 110 92% 114 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 106 Splatting 93.5 81% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 156 100 668 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1964 (A6) Unknown 100 100 41 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 94 (A9) Unknown 100 100 43 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 82 (AE) Unknown 100 100 561 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 100 249108103215 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 18377 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10532 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10099	83.7% Excellent	Read 513 Write 357 Mixed 408 94% 426 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 4.47 110% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 26.2 85% 181 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 86%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 409GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3440 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 68 9302 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4717 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10247 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4484 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 48 244813791275 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 85 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5734	62.8% Good	Read 94.4 Write 124 Mixed 97.3 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.33 98% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 75%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 394GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896829622 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1391 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 553 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1404 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1404 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 244813856809 (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 200 200 0	78.8% Very good	Read 140 Write 134 Mixed 137 104% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.16 67% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-17-17 D4-3000 4x4GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	95% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 29.4 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 18.3 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 110%

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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	684x
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	65x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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	94x
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) $35	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