MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.6% 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	57.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151217
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '18 at 22:31
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	70% Very good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 101 2-Core 206 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 277 45% 319 Pts	64-Core 363 22% 363 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36C1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	19.6% Very poor	Lighting 25.8 Reflection 25 Parallax 23.1 21% 24.6 fps	MRender 20.9 Gravity 21.5 Splatting 19.1 17% 20.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 21 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7163 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1012 (64) Unknown 100 100 10751696 (65) Unknown 100 100 2160240 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 52 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 79 79 6524 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 597 (B7) Unknown 90 90 102 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 45 100 219044511789 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 21 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 21 (E7) Temperature 80 80 20 (E9) Unknown 100 100 20072 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8676 (F1) Unknown 100 100 16443 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6815 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 21	57.6% Above average	Read 467 Write 168 Mixed 190 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 46.5 4K Mixed 10 76% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 81.3 DQ Mixed 28.3 54% 113 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 514GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 69 63 8198921 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1573 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 76140158 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7180 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1039 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 52 739639337 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1574 (C2) HDA temperature 41 16 68719476777 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 8198921 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -47210280510732 (F1) Unknown 100 253 35775007119 (F2) Unknown 100 253 32301926041	79.2% Very good	Read 152 Write 125 Mixed 131 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.27 83% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB-$41 16,658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.5% Above average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.8 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 19.5 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 79%

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

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Typical H170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 291 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: MSI H170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	87x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	55x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	39x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	60x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	21x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	21x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	22x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
S11-256G-PHISON-SSD-B3 256GBBench 66%, 104 samples	9x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $41Bench 68%, 16,658 samples	22x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	14x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	9x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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