MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	19.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	163% 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.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '21 at 03:19
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 263 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 503 67% 503 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 9460) CLim: 1220 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.10.2 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Lighting 25.3 Reflection 28.5 Parallax 31.8 21% 28.5 fps	MRender 27.6 Gravity 26.9 Splatting 15 18% 23.2 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 606 326 325 328 326 296 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 1,492 Write 1,240 Mixed 538 SusWrite 368 202% 910 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 49.7 170% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,072 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 438 371% 567 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 236%
Corsair Force 120GB 1,958 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 72GB free Firmware: 2.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 86 90 90 88 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 162 Write 128 Mixed 131 SusWrite 88.3 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 29.7 108% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 94 80% 117 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 56%
WDC WDS200T2B0A-00SM50 2TB 8,872 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 846GB free Firmware: 415020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 426 413 413 411 411 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 438 Mixed 368 SusWrite 417 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 44.7 150% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 249 210% 308 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 773GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 175 175 177 177 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 132 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 176 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C15 2x16GB 10,048 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.6 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 109%

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Gaming 61%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

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 $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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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