MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). 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 Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '18 at 13:23
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 137 2-Core 233 89% 155 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 787 73% 611 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% XFX(1682 970A) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.3 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 78.4 Reflection 58.2 Parallax 107 64% 81.1 fps	MRender 58.5 Gravity 78.3 Splatting 74.8 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3766 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 716 (B1) Unknown 77 77 115 (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 64 38 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 42 (F1) Unknown 99 99 42944141894	86.5% Excellent	Read 483 Write 275 Mixed 278 76% 345 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 60.7 4K Mixed 29.2 132% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 66.8 96% 184 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 100 39125984 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 150 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15609308 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 978 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 149 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 537853984 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8592 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 64424509472 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 125803887067612 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10359864753 (F2) Unknown 100 253 168938207751	97.7% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 172 Mixed 168 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 1TB 4,375 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 836GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 74.5 Write 79.3 Mixed 78.1 58% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.31 82% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 64%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$34 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 248GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 138337579 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 487 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 54301261 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2830 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 479 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 554696737 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 492 (C2) HDA temperature 33 16 68719476769 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 138337579 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -62942745720052 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25087691087 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28057047171	92.9% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 141 Mixed 139 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.26 72% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 20.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 21.8 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 80%

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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%

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	712x
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	364x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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