MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161123
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '20 at 13:15
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 198 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 598 58% 479 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.1% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 139 Parallax 131 103% 132 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 126 Splatting 104 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,618 Write 1291 Mixed 813 274% 1,241 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 66.5 238% 86.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,165 DQ Write 1,033 DQ Mixed 1,038 795% 1,079 MB/s
Poor: 126% Great: 259%
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 122GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 192 173 175 176 176 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 469 Write 422 Mixed 376 SusWrite 200 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 38.3 143% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 61.8 DQ Mixed 203 146% 196 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 584GB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 167 163 167 161 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 138 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 164 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 200 198 201 200 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 162 Mixed 84 SusWrite 198 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-023.A00G 2x8GB 2,792 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.2% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 19.9 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 18.5 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 77%

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

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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 $81Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $524

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