MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	162% 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 (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 22:25
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	73%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 (73^rd percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 93 1-Core 112 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 348 47% 353 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7971) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4614 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.19% Terrible	Lighting 7.47 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 7.25 6% 8.66 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 15.3 9% 10.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.19% Great: 6%
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.3.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 64.5 Parallax 90.1 63% 77.3 fps	MRender 64.2 Gravity 63.4 Splatting 80.5 58% 69.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 1,152 Write 763 Mixed 885 207% 933 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 41.5 176% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 462 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 162 173% 292 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 243%
Adata S510 120GB 690 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 45GB free Firmware: 5.8.2a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - 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 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 54004918800555 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1620 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1311 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 46 1005025361946 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 29891 (EA) Unknown 0 0 35187 (F1) Unknown 0 0 35187 (F2) Unknown 0 0 30660	41.9% Average	Read 190 Write 98.8 Mixed 119 30% 136 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 59.7 4K Mixed 14.1 82% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 90.2 DQ Write 97.3 DQ Mixed 34.2 42% 73.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 79%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 259GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 805 (03) Spinup time 181 175 5950 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 669 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6342 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 608 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 57128 (C2) HDA temperature 121 112 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	62% Good	Read 137 Write 79.1 Mixed 110 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.14 76% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 199GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 168 4416 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1189 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8400 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1044 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 277 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 68004 (C2) HDA temperature 118 109 29 (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	65.8% Good	Read 136 Write 93.7 Mixed 127 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.03 4K Write 0.23 4K Mixed 0.04 10% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 84%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 50GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 161 2500 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3241 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15687 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2305 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 694 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 315846 (C2) HDA temperature 122 93 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 191 71521 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	70.1% Very good	Read 136 Write 108 Mixed 109 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.26 102% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25.5 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 24.4 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 79%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	87x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	55x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	39x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	60x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	21x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	22x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
S11-256G-PHISON-SSD-B3 256GBBench 66%, 104 samples	9x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $41Bench 68%, 16,658 samples	22x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	14x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	9x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $325

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