MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.24% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	271% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150819
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '17 at 06:53
Run Duration	81 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 256 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 668 69% 557 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7977) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4541 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.24% Terrible	Lighting 7.87 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 7.69 6% 8.97 fps	MRender 7.62 Gravity 6.7 Splatting 15.9 9% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.24% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 960GB 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 855GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 2,223 Write 1,777 Mixed 1,713 423% 1,905 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 46.9 178% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 409 DQ Write 460 DQ Mixed 192 212% 354 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 291%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3733 2x8GB 224 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.1% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.5 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 13.8 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 128%

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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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Typical Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 308 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

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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