MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	96.1% 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	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, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '17 at 07:02
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 780 81% 649 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3171) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 158GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8434 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 756 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 69 44 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 42 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8605481587	108% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 411 Mixed 423 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 33.4 161% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 28.8 102% 227 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5839 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 483 (B1) Unknown 98 98 37 (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 50 43 50 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11526098838	96.1% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 420 Mixed 423 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 26.9 158% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 46.5 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 111 76% 89.8 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 122%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 45GB free Firmware: 0001SDM5 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 83 132447280 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5235 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 318278418 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19807 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1822 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 5202 (BC) Unknown 100 99 7 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 45 386990103 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 98457 (C2) HDA temperature 23 55 30064771095 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 132447280 (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 62328565415744 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2851795378 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2120017735 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	41.8% Average	Read 78.8 Write 66.9 Mixed 57.1 51% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.12 37% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 24.7 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 85%

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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	175x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	11x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $619

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