MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	67% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160325
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '19 at 16:20
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 142 2-Core 253 93% 163 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 772 78% 631 Pts	64-Core 779 48% 779 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 1B82) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 138 Parallax 118 108% 130 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 128 Splatting 104 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 101 101 136 87 104 MB/s Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	67% Good	Read 185 Write 126 Mixed 178 SusWrite 102 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 44.8 155% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 89.9 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 37.7 50% 88.7 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 87%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 86GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 124 123 124 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 157 Write 132 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 122 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 122% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 150GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 103 109 109 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 135 Write 122 Mixed 26 SusWrite 107 70% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 107%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 8GB 914 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 5GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 20 20 20 20 20 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 18.3 Write 18.5 Mixed 12 SusWrite 19.5 23% 17.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 2 135% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	MC Read 30 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 22.6 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 25.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 90%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	906x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	688x
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	380x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	61x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	117x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $524

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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