MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	43.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150708
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '19 at 19:28
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	56%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 107 2-Core 214 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 404 56% 413 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 148 Parallax 128 113% 138 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 137 Splatting 108 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 289GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 4.1 48 18 5.7 29 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 426 Write 354 Mixed 275 SusWrite 53 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 23.8 4K Mixed 16.4 62% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 90.3 DQ Mixed 41.1 48% 83.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 61%
Kingdian S280 120GB 1,698 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 92GB free Firmware: R1008A SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 144 143 144 144 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 369 Mixed 385 SusWrite 173 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 49.3 170% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 122 140% 239 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 334GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 154 155 154 154 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 150 Write 116 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 153 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 429GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 135 135 135 136 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 140 Write 136 Mixed 67.1 SusWrite 135 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 88%
Generic MassStorageClass 64GB 691 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 51GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 80 85 86 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 91.1 Write 84 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 84.3 113% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 4 255% 4.37 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2133 C15 2x4GB 2,220 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	70.4% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 21.3 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 80%

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

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Typical Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 3,156 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	81x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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