MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics79.1% 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 Drive194% 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.
Memory48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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 Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)  (all builds)
Memory39.1 GB free of 48 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180710
Uptime2.2 Days
Run DateJan 24 '22 at 06:31
Run Duration153 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$113
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
84.1% Excellent
Memory 88.9
1-Core 121
2-Core 241
84% 150 Pts
4-Core 455
8-Core 474
62% 464 Pts
64-Core 484
30% 484 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 84.1%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 497.09
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
79.1% Very good
Lighting 101
Reflection 140
Parallax 91.4
83% 111 fps
MRender 96
Gravity 92.9
Splatting 80
72% 89.6 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 79.1%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
129GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 494 298 295 293 292 289 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
194% Outstanding
Read 1,539
Write 1,298
Mixed 499
SusWrite 327
203% 916 MB/s
4K Read 43.8
4K Write 162
4K Mixed 54.1
221% 86.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,170
DQ Write 869
DQ Mixed 723
621% 921 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 194%
Great: 236%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$27
519GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 78 80 80 80 79 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
57.3% Above average
Read 120
Write 112
Mixed 72.9
SusWrite 79.2
71% 96.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.9
182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 57.3%
Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45
2TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 206 203 215 211 209 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 170
Write 151
Mixed 75
SusWrite 207
110% 151 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
214% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 108%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown F4-3200C16-16GVK 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZB 04CD F4-3200C16-16GVK 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZB 48GB
3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz
16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
95.7% Outstanding
MC Read 35.1
MC Write 39.9
MC Mixed 31
101% 35.3 GB/s
SC Read 16.8
SC Write 33.4
SC Mixed 23.6
70% 24.6 GB/s
Latency 68.6
58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 95.7%
Great: 96%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 2,633 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 48%
Yacht

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Good Total price: $702
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