MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24% 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	69.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160224
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '17 at 19:49
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 101 2-Core 205 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 402 54% 401 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PNY(196E 1000) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24% Poor	Lighting 28.7 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 36.3 23% 31.3 fps	MRender 36.2 Gravity 34 Splatting 24.6 25% 31.6 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^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 9834 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2120 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 90 90 320 (AE) Unknown 100 100 83 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1990 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 54 201862807589 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 90 90 10 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 27714871511 (F7) Unknown 100 100 826575796 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1646773395	69.9% Good	Read 489 Write 134 Mixed 188 59% 270 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 23.2 114% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 38.4 66% 134 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 77%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 167GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 88 (03) Spinup time 137 137 38685245883 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3493 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5791 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1235 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3493 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3493 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 219044249636 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	54.6% Above average	Read 100 Write 89.8 Mixed 70.4 65% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.34 104% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 82%
Hitachi HDS7250SASUN500G 0627K6RBKD 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 58GB free Firmware: K2AOAJ0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 158 158 210 (03) Spinup time 109 109 51581813375 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7997 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 41184 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2917 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8952 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8952 (C2) HDA temperature 144 144 292058365990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 7208	26% Poor	Read 42.9 Write 47.4 Mixed 55 37% 48.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.28 88% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.6% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 12.1 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 11.8 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 79%

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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	905x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	684x
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	379x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	180x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	130x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	65x
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	94x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $533

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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