MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160723
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 16:39
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$132 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 226 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 427 57% 429 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 76.9 Parallax 67.2 64% 74.3 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 70.2 Splatting 74.8 59% 72 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Blast 480GB 1,476 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 288GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2912 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 454 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 266 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196617 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2970	81.5% Excellent	Read 503 Write 335 Mixed 342 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 10.3 104% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 47.7 95% 193 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 99%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 16GB free Firmware: 4PC1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8128 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1538 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 13 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 325349 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 325349 (F2) Unknown 100 100 311609	44.8% Average	Read 255 Write 132 Mixed 169 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 42.1 4K Mixed 15.8 73% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 62.2 DQ Mixed 31.4 42% 78.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 48%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 896GB free Firmware: JKAO Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 65537 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 110 (03) Spinup time 116 116 51580502638 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5587 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 9 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 112 112 39 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18525 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2926 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5733 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5733 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 201864118303 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 11 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	38.9% Below average	Read 67.9 Write 67.9 Mixed 74.5 53% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.15 46% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 69%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 29GB free Firmware: 04.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 193 3258 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3850 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18469 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2923 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3851 (C2) HDA temperature 111 102 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	38.3% Below average	Read 68.7 Write 64.3 Mixed 64.3 50% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.36 97% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 2,584 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 21.6 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 119%

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Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) - $180

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	907x
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	381x
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 $295	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