MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89% 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	104% 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '19 at 11:39
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 706 76% 602 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 108 92% 112 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 171 83 61 61 53 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 639 Write 326 Mixed 389 SusWrite 103 80% 364 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 52.7 202% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 178 150% 212 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 283GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 411 488 485 483 474 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 454 Mixed 380 SusWrite 454 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 65.1 220% 78.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 131%
WD Red 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$151 1,952 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 257GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 95 95 94 95 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 108 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 94.3 67% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 62%
WD Red 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$151 1,952 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 290GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 76 76 76 76 76 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 84.3 Write 87.5 Mixed 51.8 SusWrite 75.5 55% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 62%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 760GB free Firmware: JA0OA5M0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 106 106 105 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 105 Write 101 Mixed 38.8 SusWrite 105 64% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB 2,748 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.9 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.8 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 81%

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Typical Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 307 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	174x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	59x
Core i5-6600Intel $133Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	48x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	32x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	24x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	10x
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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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