MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	5120 x 2880 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170502
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 13:17
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (81^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 249 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 708 75% 601 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 114 Parallax 100 89% 108 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 86.9 75% 92.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 63GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	320% Outstanding	Read 2,711 Write 1,804 Mixed 1,875 472% 2,130 MB/s	4K Read 53.2 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 70.5 262% 98.2 MB/s	DQ Read 500 DQ Write 453 DQ Mixed 223 237% 392 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 320% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4589 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1747 (B1) Unknown 98 1 109 (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 71 57 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 111 (F1) Unknown 99 99 49565237680
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$176 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4.5TB free Firmware: SC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 64 41219620 (03) Spinup time 84 83 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1080 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 109723524 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 127474629346402 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 487 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 50 538116123 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 312 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5769 (C2) HDA temperature 27 50 55834574875 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 1 41219620 (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 3826815861279 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8382074901 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3795040819
Poor: 31% Great: 106%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 195GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 65.9 Write 75.4 Mixed 53.7 84% 65 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.19 49% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 43%
Generic- SD/MMC/MS/MSPRO 32GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 27GB free, PID 0307 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 87.9 Write 64.7 Mixed 64.7 89% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.89 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.17 85% 2.59 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 22.7 80% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.7 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 90%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) - $350

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,111x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	717x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	433x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	366x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	267x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	78x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $807

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