MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 153% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 129% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	169% 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	92% 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	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.

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Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '20 at 17:59
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (97^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 107 2-Core 258 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 698 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$910 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% Zotac(19DA 1612) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	169% Outstanding	Lighting 240 Reflection 230 Parallax 280 195% 250 fps	MRender 290 Gravity 222 Splatting 132 166% 215 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 289 313 169 132 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 465 Mixed 386 SusWrite 225 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 40.6 154% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 271 207% 277 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 95%
Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB 30,033 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 401GB free Firmware: RKT30Q.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1487 1531 1596 1623 1658 1581 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 1,358 Write 1,699 Mixed 1,295 SusWrite 1,579 336% 1,483 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 199 4K Mixed 79.3 268% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 744 DQ Write 1248 DQ Mixed 922 720% 971 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 305%
Intel SSDSC2BW080A4 80GB 450 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 72GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 96 94 98 96 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 350 Write 104 Mixed 158 SusWrite 93.3 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 31.7 143% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 105 85% 120 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 72%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 418GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 115 109 122 137 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	68% Good	Read 114 Write 100 Mixed 62 SusWrite 123 73% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 109%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 66GB free Firmware: AM0G3H SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 68 68 69 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 71.5 Write 72 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 68.2 44% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G4D32AET4K.M8FE1 4x8GB 442 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 31.5 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 40.6 SC Mixed 29.8 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 126%

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

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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 $42Bench 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 $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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