MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '17 at 22:09
Run Duration	307 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (64^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 225 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 653 64% 525 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65% Good	Lighting 83.5 Reflection 84.5 Parallax 74.2 68% 80.7 fps	MRender 77.9 Gravity 74 Splatting 66.7 59% 72.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 214GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 819 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 216 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 74 53 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4207721700	89.1% Excellent	Read 485 Write 262 Mixed 272 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 31.3 139% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 69.8 106% 204 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 123%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2517 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 613 (B1) Unknown 98 98 37 (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 66 47 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14976555480	115% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 396 Mixed 411 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 48.5 181% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 106 138% 251 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 926GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 169 2516 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1190 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2413 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 586 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1172 (C2) HDA temperature 117 93 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 15 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 15 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 17	101% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 171 Mixed 165 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.72 4K Mixed 0.26 132% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3160023AS 160GB-$24 4,798 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 149GB free Firmware: 3.00 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 61 50 166860782 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5578 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 82217897215 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13912 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3848 (C2) HDA temperature 29 52 34359738397 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 50 166860782 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 135 256 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	31.5% Below average	Read 54.9 Write 54.5 Mixed 54.2 41% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.36 89% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 32%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 16,068 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.58% Terrible	Read 33.3 Write 6.02 Mixed 9.24 16% 16.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.02 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.005 23% 2.01 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 7.58% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x16GB 9,797 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 24.4 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 24.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 95%

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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	1,111x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	717x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	433x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	366x
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 $45Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $807

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