MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 27.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	32.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	135% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180627
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '19 at 17:11
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	27.9% Poor	Memory 16.4 1-Core 96.6 2-Core 200 50% 104 Pts	4-Core 230 8-Core 206 30% 218 Pts	64-Core 241 15% 241 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3733) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	32.4% Below average	Lighting 42.3 Reflection 29.3 Parallax 35.2 34% 35.6 fps	MRender 31.4 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 33.7 28% 34.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 354 346 372 390 373 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 1,349 Write 685 Mixed 600 SusWrite 372 166% 752 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 55.8 4K Mixed 31.2 110% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 869 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 371 318% 488 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 243%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$79 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 123GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 3,163 Write 2,639 Mixed 2,832 641% 2,878 MB/s	4K Read 262 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 136 634% 172 MB/s	DQ Read 1,034 DQ Write 685 DQ Mixed 767 597% 829 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 54GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 8.4 5.1 5.1 7.3 5.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 38.5 Write 10.5 Mixed 8.7 SusWrite 8 12% 16.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.4 50% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	40.6% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 15.3 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 12 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 349 12% 349 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical H170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 291 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	87x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	55x
Core i5-6600Intel $139Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	39x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	60x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	21x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	22x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
S11-256G-PHISON-SSD-B3 256GBBench 66%, 104 samples	9x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $42Bench 68%, 16,658 samples	22x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	14x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	9x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $325

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16