MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 86% 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 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.5% 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	197% 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

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

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '17 at 02:30
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 830 84% 682 Pts	64-Core 828 51% 828 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.3% 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: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 127 Parallax 106 99% 118 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 111 Splatting 108 89% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.5% 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% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,433 Write 746 Mixed 962 231% 1,047 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 50.8 243% 96.5 MB/s	DQ Read 667 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 183 214% 380 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 243%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 110GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^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 5969 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5105 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 340 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 46 231928692777 (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 72 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 9990663778 (F7) Unknown 100 100 313521117 (F8) Unknown 100 100 73178075	106% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 476 Mixed 471 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 34.2 154% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 43.1 89% 174 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 106% 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 as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 185 185 38675415398 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4056 (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 2902 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2831 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4057 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4057 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 184684314660 (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	70.6% Very good	Read 117 Write 129 Mixed 141 98% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.22 105% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.6% 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 (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186076816 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9940 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14620374 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9972 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7882 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 90195689494 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 65 45 623050787 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 592 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14083 (C2) HDA temperature 35 55 25769803811 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 5 186076816 (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 14645838488562 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1408981132 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2996298687	53.3% Above average	Read 90.6 Write 95.2 Mixed 92 70% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 0.81 4K Mixed 0.19 67% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 53.3% 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 (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 186 1566 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9800 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11642 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7597 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 771 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 158 158 127954 (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	32.4% Below average	Read 58 Write 54.6 Mixed 56.7 43% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.35 90% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 32.4% 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 @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 30.8 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 42.1 SC Mixed 31.8 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

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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	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