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MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.3% 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	213% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '19 at 14:08
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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-$160 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 246 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 658 70% 558 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Nvidia(10DE 1139) 2GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Lighting 36.7 Reflection 35.1 Parallax 31.5 30% 34.4 fps	MRender 36.9 Gravity 33.3 Splatting 33.3 28% 34.5 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB 36,473 User benchmarks, average bench 198% 320GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1385 596 597 579 600 603 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,101 Write 1680 Mixed 1,168 SusWrite 727 264% 1,169 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 67.7 235% 86.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1306 DQ Write 1,020 DQ Mixed 1,186 881% 1,171 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 262%
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$30 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 254GB free Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 411 448 434 445 427 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 433 Mixed 399 SusWrite 417 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 61.2 204% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 248 210% 306 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 127%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ASU21D4U5S8MB-8 2x8GB 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 21 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 23.2 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 74%

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Typical Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 2,745 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) - $180

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $93Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	950x
Core i7-6700KIntel $85Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	723x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	288x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	416x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	398x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	190x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	135x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	68x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	67x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	126x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	97x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	73x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $686

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Intel Core i5-13600K $230	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350