MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.4% 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	204% 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 13:14
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 571 76% 570 Pts	64-Core 553 34% 553 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2352 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 118 Parallax 103 91% 111 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 102 Splatting 104 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,701 Write 985 Mixed 1,241 290% 1,309 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 53.2 221% 84.7 MB/s	DQ Read 49.8 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 33.1 74% 142 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 283%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 341GB free Firmware: GG2OA7A0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 214 214 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1408 (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 76 76 10822 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1332 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 216387 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 249109020706 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	55% Above average	Read 104 Write 87.4 Mixed 89.3 70% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.19 63% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 58%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2013) 72,354 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 177GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 148 1316 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 295 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3960 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 295 (BF) G-sense error rate 93 93 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2435 (C2) HDA temperature 109 95 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 96 96 3194 (F1) Unknown 200 200 5059101891 (F2) Unknown 200 200 7613300904 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	51.2% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 83.8 Mixed 86.3 66% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.17 62% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.6% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 14.5 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 13.8 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 87%

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Typical Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 307 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	174x
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	10x
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 $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