MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.9% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160523
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '16 at 14:43
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 112 2-Core 213 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 378 57% 412 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.300.2511.1001 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56% Above average	Lighting 69.4 Reflection 62.5 Parallax 82.2 57% 71.4 fps	MRender 61.1 Gravity 55.4 Splatting 79.1 55% 65.2 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1744 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 162 (B1) Unknown 99 99 21 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8847294978	94.9% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 404 Mixed 415 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 22 128% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 25 89% 198 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDS721616PLA380 165GB-$46 4,039 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 26GB free Firmware: P22OAB3A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 122 122 12895584420 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 22796 (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 96 96 30886 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5495 (C0) Power-off retract count 79 79 25592 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 25592 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 244813725730 (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 200 253 59902	29.2% Poor	Read 51.8 Write 49.9 Mixed 64.9 42% 55.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.31 76% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 39%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 12GB free Firmware: 1AC01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 94 94 2860 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 4994 (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 95 95 26459 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4945 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 18 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 50 386990103 (C2) HDA temperature 74 46 437321754 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 345367 (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 100 99 17312 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	47% Average	Read 87.2 Write 76.4 Mixed 69.1 58% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.41 110% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 62%
TOSHIBA MK5055GSX 500GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 34GB free, PID 0c15 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 38.5 Mixed 38.4 50% 38.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.2 45% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 17%

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 (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.3% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25.7 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 21.5 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 76.3% 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%

Destroyer

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 49%

Yacht

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 $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 $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 $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