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MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.4% 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	93% 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.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '18 at 23:04
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 519 70% 525 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.4% Very good	Lighting 98.7 Reflection 108 Parallax 103 80% 103 fps	MRender 96.7 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 93.8 77% 94.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M500_MTFD 480GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 355 186 200 215 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 421 Mixed 356 SusWrite 216 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 40.4 157% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 187 177% 276 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 93%
SanDisk Cruzer 64GB 3,567 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 46GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.2 8.5 8.6 8.6 8.5 8.6 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Read 22.3 Write 8.5 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 8.5 12% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.5 163% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 625 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 27.5 88% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 26.4 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 101%

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Typical Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 3,362 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,190x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	763x
Core i7-6700Intel $130Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	450x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	463x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	386x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	285x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	161x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	85x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	83x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	105x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	97x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	76x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $895

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Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $370