MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	78.2% 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	59.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (34%). 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 Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160224
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '20 at 05:00
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing below expectations (22^nd 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Memory 73.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 198 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 278 34% 262 Pts	64-Core 298 18% 298 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.2% Very good	Lighting 99.6 Reflection 91.5 Parallax 90.2 81% 93.7 fps	MRender 86.6 Gravity 89.6 Splatting 88.6 72% 88.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 179 135 130 153 141 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 325 Write 249 Mixed 186 SusWrite 152 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 20.9 86% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 108 119% 203 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 215GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 127 128 127 127 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 158 Write 148 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 127 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	64.1% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 22.1 66% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 17.7 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 92.8 43% 92.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	688x
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	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $533

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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