MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.8% 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	174% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 05:39
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 776 79% 641 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 115 Parallax 114 92% 114 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 101 Splatting 88.5 77% 94.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 2,268 Write 289 Mixed 498 217% 1,018 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 39.6 166% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 398 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 22.7 103% 235 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 210%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 143 143 30091641224 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3252 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8728 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1266 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 9730 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 9730 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 193274445860 (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	88.8% Excellent	Read 159 Write 151 Mixed 163 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.23 83% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 245GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 211669208 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1678 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 44413580 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19281 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1388 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 69 48 538771487 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 298 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 46 46 109313 (C2) HDA temperature 31 52 68719476767 (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 -9229884705404 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29148424929 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29606125975	92.1% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 152 Mixed 145 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.21 76% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 25.7 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 34.3 SC Mixed 26.6 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 120%

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Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

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 $109Bench 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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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