MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	91.6% 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	242% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160921
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '19 at 19:39
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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-$170 588,978 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 (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 145 2-Core 290 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 571 8-Core 805 86% 688 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3303) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2077 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 121 Parallax 103 94% 113 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 108 Splatting 108 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 898 906 907 882 880 882 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 2,072 Write 915 Mixed 689 SusWrite 892 252% 1,142 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 57.9 246% 95.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1051 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 382 360% 583 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 243%
IBM ServeRAID M5015 2TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 2TB free Firmware: 2.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 144 148 146 153 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 616 Mixed 600 SusWrite 151 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 86 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 74.1 269% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 247 188% 252 MB/s
Poor: 100% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 172%
IBM ServeRAID M5015 2TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 2TB free Firmware: 2.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 257 274 200 252 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 270 Write 267 Mixed 108 SusWrite 242 162% 222 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 147%
Toshiba MK8032GSX 80GB-$35 363 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 72GB free Firmware: AS114E SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 31 31 30 31 31 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 31.2 Write 27.7 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 30.5 21% 27.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 2,538 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3034 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 30.8 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 42.7 SC Mixed 30.4 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 48.9 82% 48.9 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 57%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) - $170

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	178x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	61x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	48x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	33x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	25x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $754

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16