MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	42% 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	73.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	20.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit 种颜色
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160830
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '17 at 19:34
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 78.2 1-Core 101 2-Core 172 68% 117 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 546 54% 442 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.31 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42% Average	Lighting 47.5 Reflection 192 Parallax 44.5 39% 94.6 fps	MRender 67.9 Gravity 47.5 Splatting 62 48% 59.1 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0330AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^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 100 100 588 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 578 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 24 (A3) Unknown 100 100 221 (94) Unknown 100 100 102288 (95) Unknown 100 100 1515 (96) Unknown 100 100 1409 (97) Unknown 100 100 1482 (A4) Unknown 100 100 36606 (A5) Unknown 100 100 82 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43049130852383 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 138328 (F2) Unknown 100 100 113513 (F5) Unknown 100 100 216204 (F6) Unknown 100 100 204576 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	73.7% Very good	Read 486 Write 244 Mixed 266 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 22.7 100% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 33.4 72% 151 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 31042296 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2864 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 56240194 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7686 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1545 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 114 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 73 61 454426651 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 51311 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 38654705691 (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 50878182593297 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17963351862 (F2) Unknown 100 253 164342488595	103% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 175 Mixed 158 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.2 71% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M4A2666C16 029E CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 029E CMK16GX4M4A2666C16 029E CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 24GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.5% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.7 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 84 48% 84 ns

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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%

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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	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	180x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	130x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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