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MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83% 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	107% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151217
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '18 at 20:42
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$93 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 233 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 467 62% 465 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 109 Parallax 96.4 85% 103 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 95.5 Splatting 96.9 78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$215 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7969 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 867 (B1) Unknown 98 1 118 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 49 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 82 (F1) Unknown 99 99 52671426447	107% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 396 Mixed 469 103% 461 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 39 160% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 25.4 95% 209 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 244GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7374 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7910 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 860 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 112 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7261 (C2) HDA temperature 109 98 34 (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	73.1% Very good	Read 133 Write 121 Mixed 120 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.31 128% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 109%
Drobo 17.5TB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 9TB free, PID 3344 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 203 Write 133 Mixed 110 175% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 5.33 4K Mixed 1.06 224% 2.76 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.9% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 13.8 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.4 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 91%

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

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Typical Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 3,332 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 69%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 59%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) - $350

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $85Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,179x
Core i5-6600KIntel $93Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	760x
Core i7-6700Intel $160Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	443x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	456x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	383x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	284x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	158x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	85x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	83x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	103x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	96x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	76x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $853

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $155	Nvidia RTX 4060 $299	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $375	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i7-14700K $355	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350