MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161017
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '17 at 12:52
Run Duration	372 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 90.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 461 69% 504 Pts	64-Core 561 35% 561 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3718) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 77.8 Parallax 66.5 63% 74 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 73.9 60% 72.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 35GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 42 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (A5) Unknown 100 100 55839227965 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 32 292057776170 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 85901115419 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 459 (EA) Unknown 100 100 572 (F1) Unknown 253 253 516 (F2) Unknown 253 253 543 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	70.2% Very good	Read 516 Write 296 Mixed 285 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 5.83 81% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 3.05 57% 134 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 86%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 2TB-$58 5,099 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: SN06 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 60872309 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 34 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7694986 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 47 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 60 420741145 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 36 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 85899345945 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 28 60872309 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	95.5% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 160 Mixed 150 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.63 4K Mixed 0.41 134% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 104%
USB DISK 2.0 16GB 1,213 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 14GB free, PID 9917 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	5.84% Terrible	Read 22.6 Write 3.17 Mixed 5.27 10% 10.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.85 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.004 29% 2.62 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.84% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.6% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 12.3 38% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 13.1 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 80%

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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 $130Bench 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