MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 96.7%, 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	227% 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 01:41
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 147 2-Core 285 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 810 82% 665 Pts	64-Core 809 50% 809 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.7% 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 122 Reflection 127 Parallax 106 100% 118 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 111 Splatting 110 90% 109 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 above expectations (82^nd percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 2,070 Write 865 Mixed 1,133 297% 1,356 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 51.9 240% 94.9 MB/s	DQ Read 588 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 195 211% 361 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 227% 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 (92^nd 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 4249 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 237 (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 27 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6440461088 (F7) Unknown 100 100 201959664 (F8) Unknown 100 100 38520613	104% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 467 Mixed 471 107% 481 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 31.8 150% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 43.5 88% 172 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 above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 167 167 21505048862 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2625 (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 1968 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2626 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2626 (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	75.5% Very good	Read 134 Write 129 Mixed 123 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.22 100% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.5% 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 (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76264144 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8762 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14417120 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9454 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 7021 (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 572653602 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 486 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12675 (C2) HDA temperature 34 55 25769803810 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 5 76264144 (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 -31314606546565 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1204077464 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2653269046	55% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 92.4 Mixed 92.1 71% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55% 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 1591 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8397 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10400 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6725 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 659 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 162 162 114264 (C2) HDA temperature 110 76 37 (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	33.4% Below average	Read 57.8 Write 58.2 Mixed 55.6 43% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.37 92% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.4% 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 @ 2802 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 29.2 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 39.1 SC Mixed 30 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 96.2% 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