MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 151% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 132% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	163% 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	362% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	58.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '20 at 16:01
Run Duration	353 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 250 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 805 79% 646 Pts	64-Core 764 47% 764 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,198 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% MSI(1462 3884); MSI GeForce RTX 3090 GAMING X TRIO 24GB GDDR6X CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	163% Outstanding	Lighting 213 Reflection 273 Parallax 360 173% 282 fps	MRender 333 Gravity 252 Splatting 148 189% 244 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 407GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1606 1966 2111 2109 2037 1991 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	362% Outstanding	Read 2,525 Write 2,186 Mixed 1395 SusWrite 1970 453% 2,019 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 80.9 276% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1340 DQ Write 1,123 DQ Mixed 1179 898% 1,214 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 362% Great: 425%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 465GB free Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1142 598 600 605 595 598 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1,558 Write 1780 Mixed 1,207 SusWrite 690 294% 1,309 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 59.3 176% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 738 DQ Write 98.2 DQ Mixed 175 190% 337 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 284%
Samsung 860 Pro 1TB-$300 8,179 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 592GB free Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 462 466 471 469 468 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 474 Mixed 451 SusWrite 463 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 65.9 228% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 357 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 132%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 56GB free Firmware: Q0125A SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 113 117 122 121 42 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 500 Write 440 Mixed 388 SusWrite 105 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 23.4 145% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 15.7 DQ Mixed 32.6 58% 123 MB/s
Poor: 108% Great: 112%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 119GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,648 Write 2,383 Mixed 1,623 493% 2,218 MB/s	4K Read 60.1 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 86.3 300% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,458 DQ Write 1,206 DQ Mixed 1307 986% 1,324 MB/s
Poor: 215% Great: 425%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$69 12,601 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 264GB free Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1423 1445 1477 1504 1506 1142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 1,804 Write 1,453 Mixed 1046 SusWrite 1,416 320% 1,430 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 70.4 259% 97.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,242 DQ Write 427 DQ Mixed 627 517% 765 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 262%
Genesys SD USB3 Reader 64GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 59GB free, PID 0749 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 83 84 84 84 85 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.4% Below average	Read 87.1 Write 78.4 Mixed 57.9 SusWrite 83.1 103% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 3.3 182% 3.83 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 39%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 9,084 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1TB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 110 108 111 111 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 105 Write 106 Mixed 37.1 SusWrite 109 119% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB 2,982 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 31 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 42.3 SC Mixed 31.2 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 129%

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Typical Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 313 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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	176x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	60x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	20x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $622

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16