MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160125
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '18 at 00:10
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 256 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 710 77% 610 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 144 Parallax 123 108% 133 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 131 Splatting 104 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 40GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 253 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1911 (A6) Unknown 100 100 115 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 166 (A9) Unknown 100 100 28 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 147 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 100 193273528348 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 36145 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2926 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10430	81.6% Excellent	Read 506 Write 352 Mixed 402 93% 420 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 4.1 105% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 26.2 84% 178 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 86%
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2320000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 100 341 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1918 (A6) Unknown 100 100 46 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 98 (A9) Unknown 100 100 129 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 87 (AE) Unknown 100 100 36 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 100 214748364837 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 801 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7393 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5012 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6734	64.6% Good	Read 437 Write 176 Mixed 252 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 3.54 104% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 26.2 64% 133 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 71%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 137 137 34386149809 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 427 (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 100 100 630 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 281 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 427 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 427 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 141734903832 (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	94.5% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 162 Mixed 160 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.21 91% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 89GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 86 86 190 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 127 127 25789006129 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2492 (05) Reallocated sector count 92 92 320 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2993 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1918 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2492 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2492 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 150324838425 (C4) Reallocation count 92 92 331 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 184 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	96.1% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 149 Mixed 164 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.15 71% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	75% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.7 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 25.1 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 115%

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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	1,111x
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 $94Bench 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 $300	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