MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.8% 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	85.3% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160727
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '19 at 11:08
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 87 1-Core 110 2-Core 216 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 403 52% 393 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8623) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 138 Parallax 133 103% 133 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 127 Splatting 106 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0705AB SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 123 52 50 52 51 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 456 Write 56 Mixed 298 SusWrite 82.2 49% 223 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 45 157% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 243 199% 282 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 92%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1TB free Firmware: JKAOA25C SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 100 102 103 103 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 113 Write 123 Mixed 54 SusWrite 102 72% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 70%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 138GB free Firmware: 04.05G09 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 92 94 93 93 92 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 71.5 Write 70.2 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 92.5 54% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 175% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 61%
WD WD5000AVDS-63U7B1 500GB 24,608 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 34GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 88 91 89 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 93 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 88 62% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 95% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$51 7,248 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.4% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 21.1 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 19.8 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 86%

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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%

Sail boat

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 $132Bench 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
S11-256G-PHISON-SSD-B3 256GBBench 66%, 104 samples	9x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $41Bench 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 $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