MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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	58.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '19 at 22:35
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	16%

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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 i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 94.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 207 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 281 8-Core 399 43% 340 Pts	64-Core 379 23% 379 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 111 Parallax 231 107% 158 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 126 Splatting 154 109% 130 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 76 57 51 58 57 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 268 Write 122 Mixed 154 SusWrite 59.3 33% 151 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 32.5 129% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 94 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 62.4 59% 90.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 58GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 137 106 99 83 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 485 Write 434 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 134 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 33.6 137% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 182 144% 205 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 604GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 170 170 170 170 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 172 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 170 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 0215 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 0215 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 0215 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 24GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 32.5 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 27.6 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 100%

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Typical Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 2,616 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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	908x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	692x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	277x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	395x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	381x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	182x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	61x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16