MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	29.6% 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	62.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160723
Uptime	8.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '17 at 12:37
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 272 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 533 71% 532 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Sapphire(174B 3000) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	29.6% Poor	Lighting 38.3 Reflection 27.6 Parallax 47.2 31% 37.7 fps	MRender 26.4 Gravity 35.4 Splatting 34 26% 31.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5182757 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -122269128975383 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1199 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 392 (B1) Unknown 0 0 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 42 51542360101 (C2) HDA temperature 37 42 51542360101 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5182757 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5182757 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5182757 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 34359738369 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1961 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1058 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1058 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3381	62.7% Good	Read 437 Write 115 Mixed 155 51% 236 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 16.3 117% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 83.2 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 13.3 34% 70.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 692GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 31116216 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 957 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 198561167 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6781 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1068 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 54 638844966 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18934 (C2) HDA temperature 38 46 42949672998 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 14 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 63711544875540 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24252403560 (F2) Unknown 100 253 376555577037
Poor: 55% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 47,473 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2462 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	46.9% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 13.8 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 15.9 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 48%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	907x
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	381x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	61x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $524

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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