MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.8% 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	77.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180623
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '19 at 02:00
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 85.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 699 70% 572 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.31 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 111 Parallax 96.3 88% 105 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 101 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 128GB 8,600 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6.3E SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 169 173 179 126 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 384 Write 183 Mixed 214 SusWrite 149 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 37.8 140% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 134 123% 192 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 92%
HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$71 2,245 User benchmarks, average bench 255% 477GB free Firmware: R1106C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1238 1610 1597 1634 1649 506 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2,335 Write 1,558 Mixed 1,235 SusWrite 1,372 362% 1,625 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 72.4 220% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 783 DQ Write 657 DQ Mixed 440 406% 627 MB/s
Poor: 155% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 339%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 449GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 134 169 169 156 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 152 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 157 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 107%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 6.8 5.6 6.3 6.1 5.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	6.17% Terrible	Read 21.2 Write 13.3 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 6.1 14% 12.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 32% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.17% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GB 17,846 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.5% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 18.9 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 21.7 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 86%

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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 $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