MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160830
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '18 at 22:24
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 246 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 721 71% 581 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.8% Below average	Lighting 43.9 Reflection 42.7 Parallax 37.9 36% 41.5 fps	MRender 38.6 Gravity 38.5 Splatting 33.8 30% 37 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 120GB-$67 1,123 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1771 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 857 (AB) Unknown 100 100 41251920 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 101 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 97 97 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3775 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1653 (F9) Unknown 100 100 176172115	101% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 432 Mixed 455 104% 467 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 20.3 135% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 56.7 117% 237 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 387GB free Firmware: AM0P1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1302 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1908 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 6601 (0A) Spinup retry count 138 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1593 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 26 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 53985 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 167504510998 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 86 86 5972 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 261 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	55.7% Above average	Read 95 Write 99.1 Mixed 95 73% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.2 63% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GB 17,846 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21.5 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 22 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 86%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) - $180

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	905x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	683x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	276x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	393x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	379x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	180x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	130x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	65x
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	94x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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