MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.8% 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	61.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160224
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '17 at 20:49
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 779 84% 667 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2242 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 123 Parallax 103 90% 112 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 102 Splatting 108 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8609863227 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -121581934206479 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 515 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 437 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 43 54 90197852203 (C2) HDA temperature 43 54 90197852203 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 105 105 8609863227 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 105 105 8609863227 (CC) Soft ECC correction 105 105 8609863227 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 92 92 167503724545 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16186 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8595 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8595 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6325 (F4) Unknown 96 96 8257661	61.6% Good	Read 374 Write 117 Mixed 169 48% 220 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 15.7 119% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 93.4 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 28.9 47% 89.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 75%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 66GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 84 34238640 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 499 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 736 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 4662600679 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22127 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 736 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 16197 (BC) Unknown 100 97 65578 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 46 639762468 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 319 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18491 (C2) HDA temperature 36 54 77309411364 (C5) Current pending sector count 94 94 1008 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 94 94 1008 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -66099546666007 (F1) Unknown 100 253 34161300232 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41872943288	71.9% Very good	Read 112 Write 138 Mixed 119 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 5.31 4K Mixed 0.75 207% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 112%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 35GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 671 (03) Spinup time 156 153 3183 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1488 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 23 23 56614 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2409 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 856 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2409 (C2) HDA temperature 103 77 40 (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 149031 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.9% Average	Read 63.2 Write 79.2 Mixed 83.2 57% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.3 82% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 58%
Maxtor 6L300S0 300GB-$45 2,416 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 15GB free Firmware: BANC1G10 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 187 179 13609 (04) Start/Stop count 252 252 2400 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 3 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 251 236 59574 (09) Power-on hours count 117 117 19604 (0A) Spinup retry count 229 225 12 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 249 249 1943 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 45 253 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 251 15386 (C4) Reallocation count 249 249 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 228 228 25 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 198 1 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 229 225 12 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 241 241 149 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	21.4% Poor	Read 39.2 Write 33.9 Mixed 48.5 31% 40.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 4.77 4K Mixed 0.31 137% 1.81 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 23.7 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 27.1 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 91%

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Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970)

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	68x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	57x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	37x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	24x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	20x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	17x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	11x
MX300 525GBCrucial $150Bench 86%, 105,037 samples	8x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	10x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	7x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $482

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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