MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.2% 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	89.8% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '16 at 22:57
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 262 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 502 67% 503 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 118 Parallax 99.6 92% 110 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS250G32TND-N1A2A 250GB 5,131 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (64) Unknown 100 100 313774 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 7 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1 (B2) Unknown 100 100 40 (B3) Unknown 100 100 239 (B4) Unknown 100 100 6641 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 0 94492557348 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 216 (F1) Unknown 100 100 260 (F2) Unknown 100 100 73 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 21	89.8% Excellent	Read 518 Write 334 Mixed 352 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 20.5 125% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 20.1 85% 193 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 106%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 76 69 7365 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2870 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12520 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2903 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 579 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 56 188979544097 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 61 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2914	71.3% Very good	Read 120 Write 129 Mixed 131 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 3.02 4K Mixed 0.57 154% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB 782 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 26.4 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 25.4 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 103%

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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	1,110x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	714x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	431x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	365x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	267x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	78x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $802

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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