MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.63% 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	13.2% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160830
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '21 at 21:10
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 232 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 450 51% 400 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7971) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8682 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.63% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 4.4 Parallax 7.4 5% 5.97 fps	MRender 7 Gravity 7 Splatting 10.4 7% 8.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.63% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 85 62 68 57 44 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	13.2% Very poor	Read 5 Write 120 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 65.2 12% 50 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 11.3 4K Mixed 8.6 25% 8.37 MB/s	DQ Read 33.7 DQ Write 13.3 DQ Mixed 0.2 6% 15.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 86%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 922GB free Firmware: MS2OA610 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 188 193 192 191 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 185 Mixed 38.9 SusWrite 191 102% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 118% 1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GB 30,824 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 10.8 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 11.7 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 42%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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