MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (68%). 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150910
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '19 at 20:09
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	68%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 482 64% 479 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.1% Very good	Lighting 91.4 Reflection 102 Parallax 86.7 74% 93.4 fps	MRender 88.4 Gravity 87.7 Splatting 91.8 73% 89.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST1000DM003-1SB10C 240GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 128 55 52 54 54 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 493 Write 437 Mixed 399 SusWrite 86.7 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 47.7 169% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 245 206% 296 MB/s
Poor: 43% Great: 91%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 647GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1202 1290 1445 1500 1505 1502 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 1,442 Write 1,501 Mixed 1,058 SusWrite 1,408 305% 1,352 MB/s	4K Read 57 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 77.5 277% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 640 DQ Write 900 DQ Mixed 272 345% 604 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 255%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 198GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 176 175 175 175 175 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 113 Write 97.7 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 172 73% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 137% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 103%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 158GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 99 103 104 99 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 119 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 101 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 87%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 39GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 38 32 32 33 32 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 139 Write 94.8 Mixed 108 SusWrite 43.3 122% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 2.5 209% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.1% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 25.5 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 22.2 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 98%

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Typical Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970) Builds (Compare 239 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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