MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.2% 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	208% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	14.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '16 at 01:26
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 (100^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 145 2-Core 278 97% 173 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 799 81% 656 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3303) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 127 Parallax 117 100% 122 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 110 Splatting 110 89% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,647 Write 813 Mixed 1,113 263% 1,191 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 50 239% 94.9 MB/s	DQ Read 631 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 197 218% 376 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 243%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 107GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4716 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4248 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 236 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 47 227633725480 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 26 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6432397096 (F7) Unknown 100 100 201701259 (F8) Unknown 100 100 38502645	104% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 468 Mixed 465 107% 479 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 31.4 150% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 50.9 92% 176 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDN724030ALE640 3TB 4,385 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 130 130 21507539405 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2624 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1640 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1967 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2625 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2625 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 171799412770 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	70.6% Very good	Read 116 Write 130 Mixed 138 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.18 96% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1TB free Firmware: CC98 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 74344376 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8761 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14415723 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9454 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 7020 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 85900656661 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 66 45 572588066 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 485 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12674 (C2) HDA temperature 34 55 25769803810 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 5 74344376 (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 116977729282427 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1201926643 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2652105499	54.1% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 91.8 Mixed 92 70% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.14 59% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 75%
WD WD2500BEVS-22UST0 250GB 10,566 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 230GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 186 1600 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8396 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10399 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6724 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 658 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 162 162 114259 (C2) HDA temperature 111 76 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33.2% Below average	Read 58.2 Write 56.9 Mixed 55.6 43% 56.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.33 94% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 2,538 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2833 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 29.6 97% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 40 SC Mixed 30.1 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 110%

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Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) - $170

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	174x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	59x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	48x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	32x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	24x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	10x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $633

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