MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 192% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 158% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	223% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	281% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

13 months ago, 10 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	57.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '23 at 10:49
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 (89^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 124 2-Core 240 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 610 65% 521 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,148 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% MSI(1462 3884) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 531.18 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Lighting 332 Reflection 315 Parallax 378 271% 342 fps	MRender 373 Gravity 267 Splatting 198 219% 279 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 223% 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% 601GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 835 1471 1711 2051 2083 2035 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 2,060 Write 2,014 Mixed 1010 SusWrite 1,698 380% 1,696 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 57.9 206% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 871 DQ Write 562 DQ Mixed 786 568% 740 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 425%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 32GB 3,459 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 20GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 19 20 60 49 20 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 169 Write 41.6 Mixed 32.3 SusWrite 32.8 71% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 8.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 2.1 198% 4.47 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 48%

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)	97.7% Outstanding	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 31.6 100% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 42 SC Mixed 26.3 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 129%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	60x
Core i5-6600Intel $146Bench 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 $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 $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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $619

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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