MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 135% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	153% 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	318% 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.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '21 at 17:20
Run Duration	262 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 256 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 712 71% 581 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 404E) ≥ 4GB; Gigabyte rtx 3070 eagle oc 8G CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	153% Outstanding	Lighting 226 Reflection 213 Parallax 203 184% 214 fps	MRender 197 Gravity 156 Splatting 138 131% 164 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 383GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2066 930 812 811 813 809 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	318% Outstanding	Read 2586 Write 2,350 Mixed 1,494 SusWrite 1040 417% 1,867 MB/s	4K Read 69.1 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 93.8 321% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,334 DQ Write 973 DQ Mixed 1,120 846% 1,142 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 318% Great: 355%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 54GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 268 269 268 268 268 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 270 Mixed 294 SusWrite 268 70% 315 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 38.2 149% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 186 166% 251 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 91%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 147GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 488 489 488 418 308 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 482 Mixed 437 SusWrite 445 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 67.6 230% 81.1 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 129%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 223GB free Firmware: MU01.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 56 56 55 55 55 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 360 Mixed 408 SusWrite 87.3 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 50.1 172% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 241 202% 291 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 91%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 615GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 488 489 488 489 491 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 476 Mixed 465 SusWrite 488 109% 483 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 61.8 203% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 286GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 95 94 94 94 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 123 Write 93.6 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 94.5 70% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 24.8 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 25.7 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 91%

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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 $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 $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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