MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96% 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	79.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180630
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '19 at 03:16
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 278 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 762 74% 608 Pts	64-Core 754 47% 754 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.86 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 130 Parallax 127 99% 126 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 124 Splatting 104 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: R201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 109 111 114 114 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 437 Write 136 Mixed 182 SusWrite 110 47% 216 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 37 157% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 150 116% 161 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 81%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 65GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,448 Write 1,474 Mixed 1,328 386% 1,750 MB/s	4K Read 60.9 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 83.3 286% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 970 DQ Write 1,329 DQ Mixed 1,001 798% 1,100 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 867GB free Firmware: APGNW7JH SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 131 131 136 131 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 140 Write 143 Mixed 64 SusWrite 133 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.5 196% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 128 128 136 137 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 74.5 Write 114 Mixed 66 SusWrite 129 70% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.6 201% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 90%
Sony Storage Media 4GB 737 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.4 3.9 3.9 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	5.31% Terrible	Read 17.7 Write 3.7 Mixed 6 SusWrite 3.8 8% 7.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 30% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.31% Great: 8%

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 as expected (56^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 22.6 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.8 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 99%

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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 $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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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