MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	118% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	192% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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	61 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160830
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '16 at 16:19
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 568 76% 569 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 85%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7971) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4331 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.6% Terrible	Lighting 8.03 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 8.06 6% 9.39 fps	MRender 9.81 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 16.5 10% 11.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.6% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 163 Parallax 140 131% 155 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 152 Splatting 115 105% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 417GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,771 Write 1,449 Mixed 1,481 349% 1,567 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 21.7 101% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.9 DQ Write 96.9 DQ Mixed 21 29% 50.9 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 283%
SanDisk X400 1TB-$310 2,086 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 24GB free Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 241 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 79 (A5) Unknown 100 100 30343561 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 54 (A8) Unknown 100 100 13 (A9) Unknown 100 100 807 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 42 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 62 266289676319 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1151056806156 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6768 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7587 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5999 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3146 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	49% Average	Read 480 Write 196 Mixed 178 62% 284 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 25.3 4K Mixed 10.2 56% 18.2 MB/s	DQ Read 22.7 DQ Write 43.5 DQ Mixed 5.54 12% 23.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBR 4x16GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 28.5 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 26.5 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 93%

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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	905x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	684x
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	379x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	180x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	130x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	65x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	61x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	94x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $533

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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