MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	159% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160723
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '18 at 21:29
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 124 2-Core 222 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 582 60% 481 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 90%

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: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.7% Good	Lighting 75.8 Reflection 93 Parallax 91.5 62% 86.8 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 97.5 79% 96.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 608 602 612 615 609 606 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 775 Write 641 Mixed 498 SusWrite 608 142% 631 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 53 184% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 846 DQ Write 677 DQ Mixed 850 612% 791 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 254%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 149GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 121 98 85 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 168 Write 143 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 105 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 217% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 109%
USB DISK 2.0 1GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 1e00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.3 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	4.02% Terrible	Read 10.2 Write 3.7 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 4.3 7% 5.68 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 25% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.02% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2900 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 28.9 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 35.5 SC Mixed 25.4 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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Workstation 48%

Yacht

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	180x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	130x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	61x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $533

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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