MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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. 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 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.4% 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	108% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150910
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '16 at 17:36
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$40 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 91.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 212 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 295 42% 306 Pts	64-Core 314 20% 314 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1801.1001 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Lighting 47 Reflection 52.1 Parallax 55.9 38% 51.7 fps	MRender 51.3 Gravity 41.2 Splatting 40 36% 44.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 229 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 72 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 58 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1261138038	108% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 388 Mixed 410 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 42.2 168% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 99.6 124% 220 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 115%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 126GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 71837 (03) Spinup time 175 174 6225 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6216 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21706 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6180 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1393 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6370 (C2) HDA temperature 111 94 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 19 (C8) Write error rate 140 140 4036	27.8% Poor	Read 41 Write 55.6 Mixed 56.7 39% 51.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.26 73% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905622-024.A00G 2x4GB 435 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.1% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 12.6 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 14.2 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 77%

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

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Typical Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970) Builds (Compare 239 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 62%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970)

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	68x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	57x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	37x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	24x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	20x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	17x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
MX300 525GBCrucial $150Bench 86%, 105,037 samples	8x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	10x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	7x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $482

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