MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	108% 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	208% 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.

Very high background CPU (58%). 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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '21 at 11:46
Run Duration	268 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	58%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 75.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 178 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 435 49% 385 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 111 Parallax 134 111% 127 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 132 Splatting 107 110% 139 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM13.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1245 414 825 968 875 616 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 951 Write 2204 Mixed 721 SusWrite 824 267% 1,175 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 55.8 224% 91.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,331 DQ Write 1,012 DQ Mixed 1,047 816% 1,130 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 298%
WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70 500GB 43,498 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 149GB free Firmware: 411030WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 262 260 260 260 260 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 366 Mixed 253 SusWrite 270 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 35.3 158% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 187 185% 298 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 114%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 39GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 428 135 127 126 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 480 Mixed 360 SusWrite 237 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 48.5 177% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 174 176% 287 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 116%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 223GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 220 221 216 224 216 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 389 Write 272 Mixed 284 SusWrite 216 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 45.9 182% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 251 197% 272 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 95%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 610GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 485 487 490 489 487 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 471 Mixed 439 SusWrite 487 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 42.6 161% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 363 272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 186 187 187 187 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 142 Mixed 61.2 SusWrite 185 103% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.3 390% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	47.7% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 14.2 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 11.5 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 89.8 45% 89.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 103%

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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	174x
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	10x
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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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