MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 131%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 110%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics149% 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 Drive211% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7977
MotherboardMSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)  (all builds)
Memory11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150819
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJan 25 '21 at 20:15
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User ESP-User
Background CPU 25%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86.4% Excellent
Memory 96.5
1-Core 111
2-Core 220
82% 143 Pts
4-Core 412
8-Core 647
65% 529 Pts
64-Core 648
40% 648 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 86.4%
Great: 80%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
MSI(1462 7977) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
3.44% Terrible
Lighting 6.4
Reflection 8.6
Parallax 7.7
5% 7.57 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.44%
Great: 6%
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500
Nvidia(10DE 146B) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51
Performing below potential (57th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
149% Outstanding
Lighting 218
Reflection 204
Parallax 201
178% 208 fps
MRender 198
Gravity 156
Splatting 136
130% 163 fps
Poor: 135%
This bench: 149%
Great: 158%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
793GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V9002s45 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 936 974 645 829 979 1001 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
211% Outstanding
Read 1,933
Write 950
Mixed 884
SusWrite 894
258% 1,165 MB/s
4K Read 37
4K Write 127
4K Mixed 49.3
187% 71.2 MB/s
DQ Read 286
DQ Write 718
DQ Mixed 456
361% 486 MB/s
Poor: 99%
This bench: 211%
Great: 297%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45
2TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 213 205 217 218 218 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
98.9% Outstanding
MC Read 38.5
MC Write 38.8
MC Mixed 28.9
101% 35.4 GB/s
SC Read 20.6
SC Write 37
SC Mixed 26.6
80% 28.1 GB/s
Latency 52.1
77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 98.9%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 313 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) - $170

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $622
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HDDRAMUSB
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