MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160222
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '18 at 01:57
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 792 77% 631 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 373A) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Lighting 74.9 Reflection 71.9 Parallax 62.7 61% 69.8 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 69.2 Splatting 72.3 58% 71 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15330 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 314 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 193 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7995548 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 250 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 337226	73.4% Very good	Read 515 Write 314 Mixed 164 72% 331 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 7.65 95% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 31.5 59% 119 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 97%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 929GB free Firmware: 03.00C09 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 316 (03) Spinup time 253 253 2716 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8362 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 23 23 56929 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 785 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 633 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7706 (C2) HDA temperature 112 92 38 (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	62.9% Good	Read 114 Write 104 Mixed 99.3 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.76 4K Mixed 0.57 149% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 26.2 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 36.9 SC Mixed 29.8 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 104%

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Typical Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 309 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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 $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