MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 31% Sail boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 23.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	10% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	47.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	1.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '18 at 11:51
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way below expectations (15^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 below expectations (0^th percentile)	23.7% Poor	Memory 25.5 1-Core 36.7 2-Core 76.5 26% 46.2 Pts	4-Core 118 8-Core 185 19% 152 Pts	64-Core 226 14% 226 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% MSI(1462 2442) 1GB Driver: atklumdispx.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	10% Very poor	Lighting 18.7 Reflection 14.3 Parallax 15.1 15% 16 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 10% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.28.20 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 56610884 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 -66554813204333 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3816 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 309 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 56610884 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 56610884 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 56610884 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23304 (EA) Unknown 0 0 21368 (F1) Unknown 0 0 21368 (F2) Unknown 0 0 22766	47.6% Average	Read 396 Write 116 Mixed 182 50% 231 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 6.93 79% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 18.2 DQ Write 94 DQ Mixed 7.83 20% 40 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 82%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 783GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6934 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2019 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 7800 (0A) Spinup retry count 140 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2019 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2980 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2046 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 227634118698 (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 200 253 14 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 81 81 7783 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 207 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	54.8% Above average	Read 97 Write 93.8 Mixed 90.4 71% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.32 109% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 321GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 166529584 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3772 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 21481494172 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14145 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3772 (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 57 49 723124267 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 342 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 521898 (C2) HDA temperature 43 51 60129542187 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 44895293159132 (F1) Unknown 100 253 122864568647138 (F2) Unknown 100 253 47609896901500	79.3% Very good	Read 127 Write 150 Mixed 115 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.24 79% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 113%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 269GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 75823749 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6148 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 57052395 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22508 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6148 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 50 689438759 (C2) HDA temperature 39 50 47244640295 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 24 75823749 (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 -31198642398608 (F1) Unknown 100 253 64835603 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2922766506	37% Below average	Read 68.5 Write 60.3 Mixed 61.1 48% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.17 65% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 61%
Maxtor 6L160P0 164GB-$55 548 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 130GB free Firmware: BAH41G10 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 201 196 17168 (04) Start/Stop count 249 249 9193 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 2 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 248 238 40410 (09) Power-on hours count 142 142 31300 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 205 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 228 228 10101 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 253 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 1851 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 40185 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 205 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 239 239 170 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	24.9% Poor	Read 44.2 Write 42.1 Mixed 42 32% 42.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.14 68% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2400 C15 1x8GB 5,442 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	18.4% Very poor	MC Read 8.1 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 4.8 19% 6.63 GB/s	SC Read 2.5 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 6.5 14% 4.97 GB/s	Latency 282 14% 282 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 46%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 48%

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

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	906x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	687x
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	380x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	180x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	130x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	61x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $533

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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