MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	105% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161019
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '18 at 09:33
Run Duration	326 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 (64^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 181 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 421 53% 402 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Lighting 66.2 Reflection 67.7 Parallax 83 54% 72.3 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 63.7 Splatting 55.2 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5847 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 414 (B1) Unknown 99 99 43 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9417108457	105% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 461 Mixed 482 108% 481 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 36.3 156% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 72.7 99% 176 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 101990736 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 564 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 31311094 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5841 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 409 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 65 504496154 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 55 55 90913 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 21474836506 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -2323577303686 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11735559137 (F2) Unknown 100 253 286705582640	93.6% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 160 Mixed 151 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.18 65% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 114%
USB DISK 2.0 16GB 2,476 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	4.2% Terrible	Read 15.1 Write 3.23 Mixed 5.91 8% 8.09 MB/s	4K Read 5.27 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.007 20% 1.76 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.2% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB-$130 1,513 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.1% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 23.6 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 21 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 120%

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

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

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

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	906x
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	380x
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