MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive234% 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.
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)
Memory10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180623
Uptime9.1 Days
Run DateOct 21 '19 at 20:35
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (63rd 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 (89th percentile)
86.9% Excellent
Memory 93.6
1-Core 127
2-Core 219
85% 147 Pts
4-Core 433
8-Core 698
69% 565 Pts
64-Core 676
42% 676 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 86.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Lighting 139
Reflection 146
Parallax 127
113% 137 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 137
Splatting 110
98% 121 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 106%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
396GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 793 615 612 617 614 611 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
234% Outstanding
Read 2,002
Write 1,542
Mixed 631
SusWrite 644
267% 1,205 MB/s
4K Read 46.8
4K Write 138
4K Mixed 59.2
220% 81.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,108
DQ Write 1,008
DQ Mixed 860
700% 992 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 234%
Great: 254%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105
1TB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 134 133 133 136 137 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
82.7% Excellent
Read 153
Write 153
Mixed 98.8
SusWrite 134
99% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1
198% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 82.7%
Great: 99%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
48.7% Average
MC Read 16.3
MC Write 17
MC Mixed 14.1
45% 15.8 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 18.8
SC Mixed 17.5
49% 17.1 GB/s
Latency 60.8
66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 48.7%
Great: 97%

 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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