MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 63%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	52.8% 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	43.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '16 at 18:36
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100T-$108 6,076 User benchmarks, average bench 58% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	63% Good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 94.3 2-Core 154 69% 113 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 219 29% 216 Pts	64-Core 246 15% 246 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6510 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.8% Above average	Lighting 67.2 Reflection 66.9 Parallax 59.8 55% 64.6 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 61.2 Splatting 52.8 49% 60.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2. Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1371 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 395 (A5) Unknown 100 100 254634 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65 (AE) Unknown 100 100 141 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 32 236223791136 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 216 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 382 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6948726314 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4521392538	43.9% Average	Read 421 Write 249 Mixed 305 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 12.3 4K Mixed 7.16 36% 11.1 MB/s	DQ Read 37 DQ Write 12.2 DQ Mixed 8.19 10% 19.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 155268304 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2520 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1768872 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4053 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 697 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 65 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 48 622657565 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 178 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5975 (C2) HDA temperature 29 52 21474836509 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -42490111458656 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3628485345 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1993596365	98.8% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 155 Mixed 153 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.23 81% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 376GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2946 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8637 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1627 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 799 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2146 (C2) HDA temperature 114 96 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.4% Good	Read 130 Write 105 Mixed 113 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.29 101% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 109%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 123GB free Firmware: 1AA0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 28 212 (03) Spinup time 88 88 4450 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 7994 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 10215 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19029 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4728 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 28 211 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 10491 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 1 555810849 (C2) HDA temperature 75 51 555286553 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 181415 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 861 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	57% Above average	Read 102 Write 96.7 Mixed 99.9 75% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.43 109% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$234 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 24.7 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 20.5 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 117%

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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 $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 $109Bench 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 $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 $52

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