MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87% 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	226% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160723
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 01:16
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 520 70% 520 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 120 Parallax 101 88% 110 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 101 Splatting 106 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 240GB 5,061 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 220GB free Firmware: SAFM12.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9722 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2342 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 231 (AD) Unknown 100 100 327692 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 95 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1850	77% Very good	Read 507 Write 356 Mixed 347 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 9.41 103% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 31.4 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 43.8 62% 108 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 94%
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 1,969 Write 974 Mixed 1,220 306% 1,388 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 58.5 217% 84.3 MB/s	DQ Read 506 DQ Write 418 DQ Mixed 32 141% 318 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 219%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2.5TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 108 (03) Spinup time 145 145 30088823152 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 278 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 435 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 92 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 341 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 341 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 223339479075 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	100% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 170 Mixed 159 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 3.78 4K Mixed 0.31 148% 1.71 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB 458 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 16.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 104%

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Typical Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 2,605 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

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	687x
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	180x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	130x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $533

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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