MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.4% 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	58% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160830
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '18 at 05:30
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$49 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 146 2-Core 288 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 573 77% 575 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 117 Parallax 99.2 91% 109 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 134 133 139 100 131 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	58% Above average	Read 211 Write 215 Mixed 222 SusWrite 128 44% 194 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 23.5 111% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 192 144% 192 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 94%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 49GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 92 94 94 93 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 80.2 Write 57.8 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 92.2 52% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 69%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 174 178 179 176 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 164 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 177 96% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-4GNT 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 04CD F4-2400C15-4GNT 029E CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 25.7 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 79%

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

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Typical Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 2,656 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 61%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

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

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	926x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	699x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	282x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	401x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	389x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	183x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	132x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	67x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	63x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	71x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $638

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