MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.4% 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 Drive	73.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170502
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '18 at 04:30
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 141 2-Core 270 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 743 75% 607 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.4% Very good	Lighting 96.6 Reflection 114 Parallax 94.2 79% 102 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 91.3 Splatting 97.7 78% 94.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M600_MTFDDAY256MBF 1TB 821GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 364 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 34 283468693549 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2462683382 (F7) Unknown 100 100 77040231 (F8) Unknown 100 100 6152205 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8733 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	96.7% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 407 Mixed 403 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 31.8 128% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 64.2 111% 218 MB/s

Sandisk S240G 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 569GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 164 2466 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1539 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4322 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 784 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9465 (C2) HDA temperature 111 106 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	16.5% Very poor	Read 148 Write 159 Mixed 145 34% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.23 3% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 125%
Sandisk SD8SBBU480G1122 480GB 1,863 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3106000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 4040 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 801 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4462545732700 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 13 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 35 279172874282 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1597732225396 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2208 (EA) Unknown 100 100 20891 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5487 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6444 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73.4% Very good	Read 487 Write 428 Mixed 228 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 5.36 76% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 21.4 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 2.09 45% 99.2 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 67%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 250GB 1,227 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 155GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 433 Write 425 Mixed 430 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 28.1 92% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 76.6 78% 125 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 14,957 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 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	66.3% Good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 19.9 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 19.4 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 103%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,111x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	717x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	433x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	366x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	267x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	78x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	101x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	89x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $807

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