MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	51.3% 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	47.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	19.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '17 at 11:36
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6300-$44 3,672 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 121 2-Core 219 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 338 45% 338 Pts	64-Core 338 21% 338 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.3% Above average	Lighting 63.3 Reflection 66.9 Parallax 60.5 52% 63.6 fps	MRender 73.1 Gravity 61.7 Splatting 54.9 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 118 218432593 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 18 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 22720377035161 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 992 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 424 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 65535 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 218432593 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 18 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 218432593 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 218432593 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24942 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15355 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15355 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15428	47.2% Average	Read 190 Write 101 Mixed 128 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 8.98 109% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.7 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 8.31 23% 46.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 61%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 239GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 73 234693940 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15748 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 43 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 225773820 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 53498 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2259 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 42 723124260 (C2) HDA temperature 36 58 68719476772 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 58 52 230194097 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	32% Below average	Read 62.5 Write 48.9 Mixed 58 43% 56.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.36 85% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$170 3,887 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 14.2 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 16.3 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 89%

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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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	909x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	694x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	277x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	398x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	381x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	182x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	62x

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

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16