MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.7% 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	77.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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 Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '17 at 10:34
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 99.8 2-Core 205 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 401 54% 400 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7971) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4541 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5.39% Terrible	Lighting 5.4 Reflection 9.08 Parallax 5.47 4% 6.65 fps	MRender 8.48 Gravity 4.57 Splatting 12.4 7% 8.48 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.39% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6251) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31.7% Below average	Lighting 39.5 Reflection 31.2 Parallax 37.9 32% 36.2 fps	MRender 39.1 Gravity 37.8 Splatting 36.1 31% 37.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd 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 100 100 229 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 161 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 53 (A3) Unknown 100 100 11 (A4) Unknown 100 100 17947 (A5) Unknown 100 100 82 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 36 (94) Unknown 100 100 14135 (95) Unknown 100 100 455 (96) Unknown 100 100 270 (97) Unknown 100 100 415 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 10 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 53 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 101600 (F2) Unknown 100 100 60495 (F5) Unknown 100 100 287152	77.4% Very good	Read 509 Write 214 Mixed 350 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 26.1 115% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 53 83% 159 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 118%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 908GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186411856 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 184 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9590888 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1064 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 188 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 60 589430819 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4329 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 68719476771 (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 -123772367535356 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5719259213 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22255246585	70% Good	Read 91.9 Write 151 Mixed 124 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.28 4K Mixed 0.75 206% 2.21 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 110%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 582GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 130 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 346 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2478 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 346 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 347 (C2) HDA temperature 109 103 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	51.4% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 82.2 Mixed 80 65% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.17 74% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 4x8GB 1,487 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 28.4 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 24.4 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 107%

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) - $350

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,110x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	714x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	431x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	365x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	267x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	78x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $802

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