MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.61% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160224
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '16 at 02:46
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 238 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 464 62% 460 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7971) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4360 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.61% Terrible	Lighting 8 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 8 6% 9.24 fps	MRender 10 Gravity 7.13 Splatting 16.5 10% 11.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.61% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (A2) Unknown 100 100 593 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 52 (F2) Unknown 100 100 34	76.9% Very good	Read 495 Write 335 Mixed 358 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 9.87 91% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 47.5 89% 181 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 97%
Hitachi HDS723020BLE640 2TB 3,261 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OAAB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 131 131 21494497559 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 27 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 62 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18537 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 87 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 188979216412 (C4) Reallocation count 55 55 808 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	103% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 178 Mixed 161 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.2 105% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 240GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 97.5 Write 95 Mixed 81.8 116% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.21 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 28.3 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 26.5 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 91%

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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 $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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $533

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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