MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90% 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	79.6% 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.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160723
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '17 at 08:05
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 814 85% 681 Pts	64-Core 809 50% 809 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.3% 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 5170) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 123 Parallax 105 92% 113 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 103 Splatting 109 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 99GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,047 Write 1,419 Mixed 1,239 347% 1,568 MB/s	4K Read 60 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 33 207% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 61.6 DQ Write 429 DQ Mixed 212 173% 234 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 254%
Adata SP600 128GB 8,600 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3082 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1054 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 225 (A9) Unknown 100 100 262145 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 191 191 17193500753 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 548 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 88 (C2) HDA temperature 71 71 124555624477 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 21333590016 (EA) Unknown 100 100 36199454784 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12372395182 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11176924111	79.6% Very good	Read 513 Write 162 Mixed 242 67% 306 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 22.3 138% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 21.4 65% 143 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 92%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 10GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 127 100 127 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 878 (A6) Unknown 100 100 132 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 184 (A9) Unknown 100 100 27 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 156 (AE) Unknown 100 100 42 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 100 206158430241 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 5 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 17298 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3142 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4475	74.7% Very good	Read 513 Write 204 Mixed 293 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 3.99 119% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 3.86 60% 142 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 78%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 66 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789464878 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1376 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3470 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1062 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1377 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1377 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 154619674650 (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	108% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 177 Mixed 166 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.21 90% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD48G213381 2x8GB 584 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 23.2 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 27.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 83%

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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 $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	905x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	683x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	276x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	393x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	379x
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 $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	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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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