MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.5% 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	94.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170418
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '18 at 07:42
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 147 2-Core 287 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 796 81% 656 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.5% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 107 Parallax 102 84% 104 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 95 Splatting 95 77% 93.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PD256HCGM-000H7 256GB 5,922 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06H6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5289 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 812 (AA) Unknown 100 100 4576 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 91 91 293 (AE) Unknown 99 99 23 (B7) Unknown 99 99 144 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 54 35 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0	94.8% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 276 Mixed 340 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 28.3 148% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 82.7 124% 237 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 108%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 90GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 20565356 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 114374979099350 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 873 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 40 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 49 60132753435 (C2) HDA temperature 27 49 60132753435 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 20565356 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 20565356 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 20565356 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 51539607553 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14411 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12453 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12453 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11293 (F4) Unknown 97 97 7274603	65.7% Good	Read 439 Write 128 Mixed 162 53% 243 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 15.3 122% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 36 51% 92.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 75%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 13 (03) Spinup time 174 169 4275 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 905 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6869 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 867 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 151 151 148691 (C2) HDA temperature 115 93 32 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	79.1% Very good	Read 152 Write 123 Mixed 120 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.23 87% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 24.3 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 25.1 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 88%

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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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	7x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $482

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