MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.5% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '17 at 21:14
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 143 2-Core 282 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 571 76% 570 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 147 Parallax 141 114% 143 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 134 Splatting 107 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 3 100 1027 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 816 (A6) Unknown 100 100 252 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 304 (A9) Unknown 100 100 21 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 292 (AE) Unknown 100 100 127 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 100 219043332128 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 9 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 32310 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7849 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7885	62.5% Good	Read 495 Write 201 Mixed 283 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 3.77 92% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 3.83 36% 78.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 968GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 135034616 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2515 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 12914245498 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3136 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 506 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 71 54 488374301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10878 (C2) HDA temperature 29 46 51539607581 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 100 135034616 (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 -9504762625096 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11907844534 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23288633504	40.3% Average	Read 64.9 Write 74.4 Mixed 68.3 52% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 4.17 4K Mixed 0.33 136% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 90%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 745GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 2158 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1083 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1558 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 285 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3048 (C2) HDA temperature 113 102 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	107% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 186 Mixed 159 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.25 104% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$37 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 233GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 145 142 3733 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3556 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9443 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1209 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 220 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11661 (C2) HDA temperature 113 96 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 92 92 6333 (F1) Unknown 200 200 13517725264 (F2) Unknown 200 200 23573330067	65.6% Good	Read 118 Write 111 Mixed 113 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.36 98% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	83.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 24.3 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) - $180

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	906x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	687x
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	380x
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	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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	95x
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 $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