MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	175% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '20 at 18:14
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 249 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 500 67% 500 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Lighting 80 Reflection 77.2 Parallax 69.2 65% 75.5 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 75.2 Splatting 77.9 62% 75 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$60 162,275 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 254GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 57 75 60 57 57 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1358 Write 918 Mixed 869 SusWrite 113 180% 815 MB/s	4K Read 59.7 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 79.2 283% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 846 DQ Mixed 221 274% 467 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 209%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 110GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 434 402 302 302 302 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 472 Mixed 383 SusWrite 331 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 48.5 175% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 253 219% 323 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$22 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 428GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 109 109 111 109 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 100 Write 90.5 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 109 66% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 61%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 699GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 126 127 126 126 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 127 Write 126 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 125 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x8GB 7,412 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	81.3% Excellent	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 25.7 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 24.9 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 90%

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

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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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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