MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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 couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160830
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '17 at 10:59
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 232 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 383 54% 400 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1342 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.11.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Lighting 66.7 Reflection 69.1 Parallax 90.3 54% 75.4 fps	MRender 70.1 Gravity 64.2 Splatting 57.3 52% 63.9 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 187837419 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -89111981452417 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 353 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 6 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 38 49 55837786150 (C2) HDA temperature 38 49 55837786150 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 187837419 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 187837419 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 187837419 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7229 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3371 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3371 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6884 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2949137	47.1% Average	Read 482 Write 188 Mixed 254 67% 308 MB/s	4K Read 7.41 4K Write 33.5 4K Mixed 7.04 38% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 37.3 50% 89.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 380GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 200508298 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 352 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44782961 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4998 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 351 (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 64 52 655425572 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 427 (C2) HDA temperature 36 11 47244640292 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 200508298 (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 -46256797772934 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7755921925 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12992662048	91.7% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 154 Mixed 124 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.31 87% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 24.9 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 23.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 88%

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Typical Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 2,601 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	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	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	65x
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	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 $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