MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.7% 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.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180130
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '18 at 17:32
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 435 58% 436 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7971) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.99% Terrible	Lighting 7.27 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 7.25 6% 8.39 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 14.7 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.99% Great: 6%
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.4.1 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	51.4% Above average	Lighting 65.3 Reflection 65.6 Parallax 81.7 53% 70.9 fps	MRender 64 Gravity 61.3 Splatting 53 48% 59.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0330AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1526 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 854 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 40 (A3) Unknown 100 100 200 (94) Unknown 100 100 207868 (95) Unknown 100 100 3026 (96) Unknown 100 100 2897 (97) Unknown 100 100 3012 (A4) Unknown 100 100 56409 (A5) Unknown 100 100 110 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 43 (A9) Unknown 100 100 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 48568231198754 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 241947 (F2) Unknown 100 100 207554 (F5) Unknown 100 100 333165 (F6) Unknown 100 100 415736 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	73.7% Very good	Read 483 Write 239 Mixed 268 73% 330 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 51 4K Mixed 22.6 102% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 15.1 62% 141 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 7.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 65 108723424 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 55 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5177588 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -101086350278582 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (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 60 48 672792616 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 139 (C2) HDA temperature 40 52 73014444072 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 80 65 108723424 (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 -121470265065435 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15819758914 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4553483	85.1% Excellent	Read 170 Write 125 Mixed 97.5 97% 131 MB/s	4K Read 6.99 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.18 332% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 121027727 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 68 68 32971 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 47 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 230255529 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 44072 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 150 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 54 722993195 (C2) HDA temperature 43 46 55834574891 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 26 121027727 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 98612449148172 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4001460178 (F2) Unknown 100 253 937258409	67.9% Good	Read 118 Write 119 Mixed 105 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.59 123% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 68%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 267GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 170 2433 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2822 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7617 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 850 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 56 723058730 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21853 (C2) HDA temperature 101 99 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	91.2% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 143 Mixed 143 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.32 103% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 27.6 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 26.6 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 104%

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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 $130Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

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 $179	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