MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	43.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	20.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160723
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '20 at 14:36
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$163 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 77.7 1-Core 98.1 2-Core 220 73% 132 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 568 60% 479 Pts	64-Core 615 38% 615 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2172) CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3638 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.4% Average	Lighting 49 Reflection 56.5 Parallax 45.9 40% 50.5 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 49 Splatting 63.9 50% 61 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4140000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 192 141 100 121 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 313 Write 290 Mixed 175 SusWrite 137 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 36 4K Mixed 27.6 82% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 148 154% 255 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 104%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 654GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 95 88 96 91 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	77% Very good	Read 175 Write 178 Mixed 28 SusWrite 92.6 85% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 4x8GB 1,246 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 19.9 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 13.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 85 47% 85 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 84%

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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 $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	926x
Core i7-6700KIntel $163Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	699x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	282x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	402x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	389x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	183x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	132x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	67x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	63x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	71x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $638

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Intel Core i5-12600K $166	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353