MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	11.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	87.8% 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.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160122
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '17 at 16:33
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 255 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 700 74% 594 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K620-$170 16,214 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Nvidia(10DE 1098) 2GB CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Lighting 14.7 Reflection 14.2 Parallax 10.8 12% 13.2 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 13.5 Splatting 15.5 11% 13.5 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2564 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 629 (B1) Unknown 97 97 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 52 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8405644861	87.8% Excellent	Read 494 Write 263 Mixed 276 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 29.4 134% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 66.2 103% 200 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 589GB free Firmware: 0502 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Read 40.4 Write 41 Mixed 40 30% 40.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.35 93% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 500GB (2016)-$30 16,451 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 265GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 63 49927835 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 96 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 812013 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 479 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 95 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 61 588775459 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 96 (C2) HDA temperature 35 18 77309411363 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 49927835 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -72417443577377 (F1) Unknown 100 253 434861473 (F2) Unknown 100 253 232496030	88.6% Excellent	Read 152 Write 157 Mixed 133 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.34 97% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 114%
Samsung HD161HJ 160GB-$40 22,667 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 78GB free Firmware: JF100-19 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 4416 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13587 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16079 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6807 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 32811 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 327680 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 145 112 704970783 (C2) HDA temperature 154 112 704970780 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 32811 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	38.1% Below average	Read 66.3 Write 66.4 Mixed 62.5 49% 65 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.28 75% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 25.4 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 26.5 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 91%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 48%

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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	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	61x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $524

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