MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '16 at 11:22
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 below expectations (3^rd percentile)	58.7% Above average	Memory 72.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 82% 151 Pts	4-Core 241 8-Core 620 49% 430 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 5161) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.6909 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 77.1 Parallax 66.1 62% 73.2 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 69.7 Splatting 69.7 58% 70.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S064G 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 363GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7038 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 136 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 53 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 677 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13826418936	127% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 496 Mixed 506 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 58.5 198% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 143 154% 258 MB/s
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 127%
Sandisk SD8SBBU120G1122 120GB 2,087 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3106000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 78 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (A5) Unknown 100 100 223344394324 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 52 206158430247 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 120259739676 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 90 (EA) Unknown 100 100 397 (F1) Unknown 253 253 211 (F2) Unknown 253 253 204 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	70.2% Very good	Read 507 Write 286 Mixed 387 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 4.08 84% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 6.13 63% 145 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 67%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 130 130 21494169889 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 29 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 147 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 68 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 150325362716 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	110% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 184 Mixed 172 139% 185 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.25 112% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 528GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 66 (03) Spinup time 145 145 21492662524 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 219 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8168 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 174 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12526 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12526 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 188979478556 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	102% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 182 Mixed 134 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.22 99% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

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 expectations (32^nd percentile)	67.2% Good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 20.7 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 16.6 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 95.7 42% 95.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 86%

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

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Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

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Workstation 59%

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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 $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