MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.6% 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	194% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '19 at 18:23
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 237 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 638 63% 512 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.0 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.8 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.7 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 26 20% 24.7 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 557 319 320 319 314 273 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,514 Write 1,434 Mixed 640 SusWrite 350 219% 985 MB/s	4K Read 53.5 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 53.4 232% 87.6 MB/s	DQ Read 891 DQ Write 998 DQ Mixed 555 526% 815 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 145GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 447 453 469 471 472 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 432 Mixed 365 SusWrite 458 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 50.5 183% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 329 249% 334 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 452 457 472 473 474 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 437 Mixed 418 SusWrite 462 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 63.2 214% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 328 248% 333 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 843GB free Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2129 1219 947 946 952 964 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 1,296 Write 1476 Mixed 1,424 SusWrite 1,193 304% 1,347 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 204 4K Mixed 86.2 297% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,416 DQ Write 1,264 DQ Mixed 1,334 1,002% 1,338 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 298%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 171GB free Firmware: CR100-10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 67 63 64 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 60.4 Write 62.2 Mixed 41.6 SusWrite 65.2 42% 57.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 176 169 178 172 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 120 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 173 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C18 2x16GB 5,437 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.2% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.9 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 20.6 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 113%

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

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Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) - $180

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	907x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	688x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	276x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	394x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	381x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Total price: $524

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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