MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	118% 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	279% 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.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '18 at 07:09
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 577 8-Core 580 77% 578 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2677 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 160 Parallax 151 130% 157 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 148 Splatting 117 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 224GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1371 1441 1445 1448 1393 1186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 1,935 Write 1,436 Mixed 807 SusWrite 1,381 310% 1,390 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 199 4K Mixed 65.8 263% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,267 DQ Write 399 DQ Mixed 441 428% 702 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 283%
SanDisk X400 1TB-$310 2,086 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 70GB free Firmware: X4161000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 293 289 294 283 285 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Read 409 Write 356 Mixed 297 SusWrite 293 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 29.7 140% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 207 183% 275 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBR 2x16GB 322 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	MC Read 34 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 30.9 98% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 28.6 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 86%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 61%

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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	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	380x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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 $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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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