MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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	110% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Run History

22 months ago, 20 months ago, 18 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7971
Motherboard	MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) (all builds)
Memory	41.5 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '22 at 08:52
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 200 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 620 61% 501 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 148 Parallax 148 110% 143 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 140 Splatting 124 104% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 200 200 201 203 202 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 479 Mixed 370 SusWrite 217 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 55.2 195% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 359 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 583GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 104 105 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 108 Write 101 Mixed 79.9 SusWrite 104 73% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 65%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 479GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 146 148 150 150 150 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 140 Write 142 Mixed 105 SusWrite 148 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 109%
USB Mass Storage 134GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 113GB free, PID 1081 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3 5 3.9 5.1 4.7 4.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	3.5% Terrible	Read 10.7 Write 0.2 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 4.3 5% 4.93 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.5% Great: 29%
WD My Passport 07A8 1TB 5,659 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 430GB free, PID 07a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 86 86 86 86 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	34% Below average	Read 79.4 Write 80.5 Mixed 49 SusWrite 85.7 100% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 029E CMD16GX4M2B3000C15 04EF TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 029E CMD16GX4M2B3000C15 48GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	69.5% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 19.6 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 22 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 71%

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

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Typical Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) Builds (Compare 2,619 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 48%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO (MS-7971) - $180

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	908x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	694x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	277x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	397x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	381x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	182x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	131x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	66x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	95x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $573

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16