MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	17.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '17 at 08:10
Run Duration	542 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 78.6 1-Core 99.5 2-Core 226 74% 135 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 478 60% 454 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 79.5 Parallax 96.1 84% 92.9 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 92.7 Splatting 95.8 78% 94.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1203AB Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1612 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 173 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 55 (A3) Unknown 100 100 510 (94) Unknown 100 100 144303 (95) Unknown 100 100 2110 (96) Unknown 100 100 2001 (97) Unknown 100 100 2091 (A4) Unknown 100 100 29858 (A5) Unknown 100 100 82 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 54087348387880 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 497839 (F2) Unknown 100 100 966204 (F5) Unknown 100 100 352697 (F6) Unknown 100 100 577212 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	66% Good	Read 485 Write 244 Mixed 248 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 40 4K Mixed 19.1 85% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 40.8 DQ Mixed 41.1 56% 107 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 95%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 242GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 18934 (03) Spinup time 179 173 4050 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 726 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17222 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 716 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 171 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 129 129 214230 (C2) HDA temperature 110 96 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 183 155	53.6% Above average	Read 86.8 Write 100 Mixed 59.8 61% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.11 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.07 26% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 91GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 170 4416 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 727 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17318 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 727 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 183 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 69 69 394752 (C2) HDA temperature 110 95 37 (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	51.3% Above average	Read 89 Write 89.7 Mixed 65.3 61% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.21 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.23 62% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 84%
WDC WD40 EZRZ-00WN9B0 4TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 822GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 138 Write 136 Mixed 96.5 155% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.28 101% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 60%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 790 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 317GB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 113 Write 73.5 Mixed 61.4 97% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 7.59 4K Mixed 0.59 283% 3.11 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 76%
WDC WD20 EZRX-00D8PB0 2TB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 193GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 88 Write 101 Mixed 53.2 102% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.23 82% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 56%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,232 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 135GB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Read 150 Write 89.8 Mixed 50.4 108% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 4.19 4K Mixed 0.31 155% 1.71 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 76%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,232 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 85GB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 80.6 Write 92.1 Mixed 76.9 108% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 6.63 4K Mixed 0.32 239% 2.58 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 76%
ST1000DM 003-1CH162 1TB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 53GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 146 Write 139 Mixed 10.6 112% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.2 73% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 73%
TS-RDF5 SD Transcend 64GB 1,196 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 40GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	27% Poor	Read 89.2 Write 43.7 Mixed 18.6 53% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.09 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.82 85% 2.64 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 40%
WDC WD75 00AARS-00Y5B1 750GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 30GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	19.8% Very poor	Read 46.8 Write 45.2 Mixed 27.2 49% 39.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.15 41% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x16GB 1,600 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	78% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 26.4 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 21.2 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 83.2 48% 83.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 87%

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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 $90Bench 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 $269	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 $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