MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.7% 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	74.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '17 at 22:04
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 465 62% 464 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.7% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 113 Parallax 97.6 83% 104 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 94.4 Splatting 100 80% 96.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL 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 253 100 13100 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1976 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 36 (A8) Unknown 100 100 587 (A9) Unknown 100 100 277 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 464 (AE) Unknown 100 100 113 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 45 193274052642 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3886 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 59765 (F1) Unknown 253 253 24178 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13841 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	74.9% Very good	Read 417 Write 229 Mixed 290 69% 312 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 20.9 118% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 46.8 80% 158 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 7GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6906 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 962 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 65 52 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 47 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2745554886	107% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 380 Mixed 403 95% 429 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 43.8 164% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 117 139% 244 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 768GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 98 196609 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 97 (03) Spinup time 122 122 25790120246 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7526 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 28 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19030 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3039 (C0) Power-off retract count 87 87 15949 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 15949 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 210454118431 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 28 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	63.9% Good	Read 112 Write 111 Mixed 107 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.37 85% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 74%
SAMSUNG HD154UI 1.5TB 225 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 45GB free, PID 0216 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 36.4 Write 35.8 Mixed 36.2 47% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.26 35% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.8% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 97%

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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 $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