MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80% 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	291% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180623
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '19 at 04:47
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 239 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 464 60% 451 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80% Excellent	Lighting 99.1 Reflection 107 Parallax 102 81% 103 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 95 Splatting 96.9 79% 95.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 314GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1464 1453 1457 1444 1475 1523 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 1,676 Write 1,449 Mixed 711 SusWrite 1,469 297% 1,326 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 72.1 252% 94.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,306 DQ Write 1,242 DQ Mixed 1,134 890% 1,227 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 353%
Micron_M500_MTFDDAK480MAV 480GB 1,217 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 447GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 375 373 377 389 402 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 396 Write 372 Mixed 323 SusWrite 382 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 37.9 154% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 186 172% 266 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 98%
SanDisk Ultra 124GB 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 15GB free, PID 5581, Sandisk Ultra USB 3.0 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 48 34 35 26 37 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	32% Below average	Read 123 Write 68 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 40.8 97% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 2 127% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 14,957 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.6% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 21.8 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 22.3 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 103%

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

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Typical Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 3,160 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 $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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	78x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $802

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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