MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	12.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	232% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161123
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '18 at 21:40
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 263 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 539 72% 537 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K620-$170 16,214 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Nvidia(10DE 1098) 2GB CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.16 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Lighting 15.2 Reflection 14.3 Parallax 11 12% 13.5 fps	MRender 12.1 Gravity 13.6 Splatting 15.6 12% 13.8 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 223GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 687 Write 647 Mixed 753 156% 695 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 12.2 98% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 372 DQ Mixed 24.4 102% 224 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%
Patriot Hellfire NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$233 2,120 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 2,532 Write 1,045 Mixed 1,191 348% 1,589 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 39.1 160% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 499 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 117 171% 323 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 195%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 500GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 128 128 12896501940 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 535 (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 100 100 717 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 486 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 535 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 535 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 171799740448 (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	45% Average	Read 74.3 Write 82.7 Mixed 77 59% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.66 4K Mixed 0.12 37% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 28.8 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 40.2 SC Mixed 28.1 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 104%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	906x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	687x
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	66x
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	95x
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