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MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	98.6% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	57.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	27.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '19 at 04:48
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$127 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 251 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 610 65% 518 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 143 Parallax 122 116% 136 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 132 Splatting 104 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 1TB-$310 2,086 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4140000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 138 118 97 128 23 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 452 Mixed 280 SusWrite 126 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 51.1 186% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 177 167% 261 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 106%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$95 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 189 189 189 189 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 179 Mixed 21 SusWrite 189 103% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 138% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 4x16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.1% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.4 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 24 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 80%

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

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Typical Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 3,367 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) - $350

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $127Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,192x
Core i5-6600KIntel $90Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	764x
Core i7-6700Intel $130Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	450x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	464x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	386x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	285x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	161x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	85x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	83x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	105x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	97x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	76x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $895

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Intel Core i5-12600K $167	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $84
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $400