MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 145% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 124% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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	165% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	15.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '20 at 21:42
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (42^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-$219 588,978 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 91.7 1-Core 138 2-Core 254 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 702 72% 583 Pts	64-Core 720 44% 720 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2325 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	165% Outstanding	Lighting 223 Reflection 264 Parallax 284 182% 257 fps	MRender 281 Gravity 246 Splatting 155 178% 227 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 960GB-$59 4,389 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 216 83 295 323 92 MB/s Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	67.4% Good	Read 60 Write 82.1 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 229 22% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 37.3 132% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 44.5 86% 167 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 101%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 156GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1326 1267 1275 1273 1273 1249 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	304% Outstanding	Read 2,427 Write 2,374 Mixed 1,724 SusWrite 1,277 437% 1,951 MB/s	4K Read 63.7 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 85.3 291% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 536 DQ Write 1,175 DQ Mixed 608 533% 773 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 304% Great: 372%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 283GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 73 61 67 65 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 67.4 Write 108 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 68.3 56% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 109%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 589GB free Firmware: SC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 106 107 105 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 101 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 106 66% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 100%
WD Se 2TB (2013)-$37 2,177 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 109GB free Firmware: 01.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 112 114 112 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 100 Write 83.2 Mixed 73.6 SusWrite 112 68% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 93%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 30GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 86 91 90 88 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 67 Write 34.8 Mixed 66.6 SusWrite 88.5 48% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 219% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 75%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0739 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 136 138 139 138 138 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 125 Write 103 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 136 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 97%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 7,970 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 909GB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 125 126 130 131 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 178 Write 131 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 127 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.9% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 24.4 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 22 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 114%

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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 $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	177x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	60x
Core i7-6700Intel $219Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	48x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	32x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	24x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $653

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16