MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


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 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.7% 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	81.7% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180630
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '19 at 14:42
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 717 78% 618 Pts	64-Core 735 46% 735 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.7% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 122 Parallax 114 96% 118 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 119 Splatting 99.4 87% 107 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: R201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 117 122 121 122 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 373 Write 139 Mixed 185 SusWrite 118 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 40.8 173% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 141 111% 156 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 81%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 80GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,436 Write 1,471 Mixed 1,150 371% 1,686 MB/s	4K Read 60.5 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 83.1 286% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 972 DQ Write 1,303 DQ Mixed 999 793% 1,091 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 143 142 138 142 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 140 Write 154 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 141 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 152 155 153 153 154 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 81.3 Write 105 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 150 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.5 199% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 90%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 14,254 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 3.7 2.8 3.7 4.1 3.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	5.23% Terrible	Read 22.2 Write 16 Mixed 16.8 SusWrite 3.6 18% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 23% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.23% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 99%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970) Builds (Compare 241 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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	69x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	58x
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	12x
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: $531

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16