MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.64% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	77.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '17 at 03:48
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$113 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 577 76% 572 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7977) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4678 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.64% Terrible	Lighting 8.03 Reflection 12 Parallax 7.84 6% 9.31 fps	MRender 10.4 Gravity 6.93 Splatting 16.5 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.64% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2694 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 448 (B1) Unknown 96 96 19 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 54 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 45 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9274627339	77.6% Very good	Read 483 Write 270 Mixed 275 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 26.7 124% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 37.4 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 58 59% 91.4 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 114%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 272GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 96 (03) Spinup time 149 149 21506687328 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 724 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 133 133 27 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 32221 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 537 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9115 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 231929282601 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	53.9% Above average	Read 100 Write 87.5 Mixed 72.1 65% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.37 91% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 164GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 164593096 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1526 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 329667413 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10812 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1502 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 555810849 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 132 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 39758 (C2) HDA temperature 33 46 60129542177 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 31477815321940 (F1) Unknown 100 253 42761494210 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1330833246329	76.5% Very good	Read 138 Write 129 Mixed 113 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.2 84% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.5% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 21 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 22.7 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 102%

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	178x
Core i5-6600KIntel $113Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	61x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	48x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	33x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	25x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $754

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16