MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics72% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive108% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7971
MotherboardMSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)  (all builds)
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160125
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateMay 02 '19 at 00:14
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
88.9% Excellent
Memory 94.5
1-Core 130
2-Core 255
90% 160 Pts
4-Core 449
8-Core 707
71% 578 Pts
64-Core 704
44% 704 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 88.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Gigabyte(1458 36BA) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.39
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
72% Very good
Lighting 90.2
Reflection 100
Parallax 89.4
74% 93.3 fps
MRender 85.6
Gravity 86
Splatting 82.2
69% 84.6 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 72%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 180 240GB-$160
58GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 479 434 475 358 213 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 436
Write 452
Mixed 332
SusWrite 395
91% 404 MB/s
4K Read 28.5
4K Write 134
4K Mixed 41
166% 67.7 MB/s
DQ Read 344
DQ Write 351
DQ Mixed 282
230% 326 MB/s
Poor: 67%
This bench: 108%
Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40
1.5TB free
Firmware: MX4OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 181 183 184 185 184 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 179
Write 171
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 183
100% 139 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 104%
Great: 108%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85
2.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 155 157 159 158 160 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
89.2% Excellent
Read 153
Write 143
Mixed 105
SusWrite 158
103% 140 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 89.2%
Great: 101%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
79.4% Very good
MC Read 30.7
MC Write 30
MC Mixed 22.5
79% 27.7 GB/s
SC Read 18.4
SC Write 30.4
SC Mixed 25.5
71% 24.8 GB/s
Latency 58.4
68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 79.4%
Great: 90%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 3,156 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $802
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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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