MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 99%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '17 at 17:36
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 (100^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 599 8-Core 529 77% 564 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.9 89% 107 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 99.7 81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TE256HMHP-000L2 256GB 2,145 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT06L0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1931 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 757 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 94 94 63 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4395 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 199 199 39678 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 80 (EC) Unknown 99 99 22 (ED) Unknown 99 99 63 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0	88.8% Excellent	Read 514 Write 236 Mixed 299 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 19 144% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 39.2 94% 202 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 91%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 12GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3663 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 996 (B1) Unknown 97 97 35 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 62 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 52 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9018605897
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 515GB free Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 89056655 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4417 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 18 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17991529 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4369 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1412 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65543 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 54 471138331 (C2) HDA temperature 27 46 47244640283 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 35 89056655 (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 -113232517783943 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1020129525 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2315054964	52.5% Above average	Read 95 Write 87.7 Mixed 92 69% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.56 116% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 65%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB 24,608 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 81GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 190 3433 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3551 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14145 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2805 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3456 (C2) HDA temperature 116 102 27 (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	34% Below average	Read 60.7 Write 58 Mixed 54.2 43% 57.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.28 52% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 52%
Inateck FE2005 500GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 386GB free, PID 2590 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 105 Write 98.9 Mixed 82.5 120% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.23 86% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 176%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 31.7 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 42.8 SC Mixed 30.8 92% 32 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

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	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	380x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
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	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 $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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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