MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 85% 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 97.9%, 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	198% 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	13.6 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	Feb 21 '17 at 00:56
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 147 2-Core 287 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 811 83% 672 Pts	64-Core 812 50% 812 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.9% 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: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 128 Parallax 108 100% 120 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 112 Splatting 109 89% 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% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 1,768 Write 906 Mixed 1,131 280% 1,268 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 42.4 169% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 589 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 196 215% 369 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 243%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 132GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th 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 5109 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4487 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 297 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 47 227633725473 (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 62 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7358495421 (F7) Unknown 100 100 231062872 (F8) Unknown 100 100 47595498	98.2% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 463 Mixed 465 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 30 132% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 43.2 88% 171 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.2% 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 146 146 38683935126 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2995 (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 2034 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2207 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2996 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2996 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 171799412764 (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	75.9% Very good	Read 136 Write 129 Mixed 127 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.24 105% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.9% 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 (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 31304 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 9084 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14527753 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9651 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7260 (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 73 45 454754331 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 546 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13036 (C2) HDA temperature 27 55 25769803803 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 5 31304 (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 -123115237531033 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1340726033 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2749328468	56.3% Above average	Read 98.6 Write 97.7 Mixed 90.2 72% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 75%
WD WD2500BEVS-22UST0 250GB 10,566 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 229GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^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 8762 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10788 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6964 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 718 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 161 161 117800 (C2) HDA temperature 118 76 29 (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	32.7% Below average	Read 57 Write 56.5 Mixed 55.3 42% 56.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.35 91% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.7% 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 @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 29.3 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 30 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 110%

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Desktop 87%

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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