MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics106% 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 Drive81.6% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7971
MotherboardMSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)  (all builds)
Memory25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160727
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateOct 23 '19 at 02:12
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User VEN-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
82.9% Excellent
Memory 90.7
1-Core 126
2-Core 243
86% 153 Pts
4-Core 405
8-Core 649
65% 527 Pts
64-Core 636
39% 636 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 82.9%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
MSI(1462 3368) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Lighting 140
Reflection 144
Parallax 124
114% 136 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 134
Splatting 106
96% 118 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 106%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221
120GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z2333000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 313 315 320 316 317 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
81.6% Excellent
Read 476
Write 298
Mixed 220
SusWrite 308
73% 326 MB/s
4K Read 28
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 14.6
118% 50.3 MB/s
DQ Read 168
DQ Write 278
DQ Mixed 84.4
103% 177 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 81.6%
Great: 84%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24
188GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 91 91 93 93 93 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
49.8% Average
Read 81
Write 76.5
Mixed 46.5
SusWrite 92.3
54% 74.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 49.8%
Great: 69%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR4 3000 2OZ 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.3% Very good
MC Read 25.4
MC Write 27.4
MC Mixed 22.5
72% 25.1 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 26.8
SC Mixed 21.6
61% 21.5 GB/s
Latency 66.3
60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 71.3%
Great: 101%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 3,156 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $802
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