MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.3% 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	66.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180623
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '18 at 22:15
Run Duration	297 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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-$49 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 87.3 1-Core 129 2-Core 239 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 474 64% 475 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.3% Very good	Lighting 95.6 Reflection 109 Parallax 92.9 78% 99.2 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 93 Splatting 99.5 79% 96.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+200 240GB-$193 568 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 92 121 121 123 114 MB/s Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	66.4% Good	Read 124 Write 169 Mixed 166 SusWrite 117 33% 144 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 37.5 151% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 148 122% 173 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 91%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 29GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 399 134 174 174 49 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 476 Mixed 379 SusWrite 222 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 43 162% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 201 191% 299 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 101%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 179GB free Firmware: SD35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 61 61 62 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 100 Write 71.3 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 61.1 52% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$75 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6 6.6 5.3 4.9 3.1 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 4.5 Write 12.3 Mixed 0.8 SusWrite 5 4% 5.65 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.2 6% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$63 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 346GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 79 70 71 86 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	37% Below average	Read 49 Write 122 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 78.5 57% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.6 198% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 90%
Samsung HD102UJ 1TB 534 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 79GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 99 99 100 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 100 Write 49 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 99.3 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 65%
WDC WD10 EZRX-00A8LB0 1TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 649GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 37 Write 36.7 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 36.9 47% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 41% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$39 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.6% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 25.3 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.5 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 110%

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Typical Z170A PC MATE (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 3,230 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 $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	1,139x
Core i5-6600KIntel $49Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	737x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	429x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	445x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	368x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	274x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	152x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	83x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	79x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	102x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	91x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	75x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $937

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $160
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353