MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 27.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Boot Drive	151% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '19 at 07:00
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing way below expectations (11^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 0.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	27.6% Poor	Memory 40.5 1-Core 25.8 2-Core 51.8 25% 39.4 Pts	4-Core 87.2 8-Core 86.2 12% 86.7 Pts	64-Core 90.7 6% 90.7 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 686 679 645 629 611 625 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 1,533 Write 851 Mixed 614 SusWrite 646 202% 911 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 50.2 4K Mixed 35.5 119% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 289 217% 290 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 243%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 263GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 418 417 413 410 367 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 424 Write 398 Mixed 386 SusWrite 393 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 32 104% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 238 178% 237 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 129%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 378GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 106 106 106 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 158 Write 142 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 105 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 204% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2800 C14 2x8GB 2,071 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	44.6% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 20.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 8.7 24% 8.33 GB/s	Latency 200 20% 200 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 99%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 68%

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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 $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	175x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	59x
Core i5-6600Intel $132Bench 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	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 $45Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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