MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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	46.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

10 months ago, 9 months ago, 5 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	Цвета: 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160722
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '23 at 16:20
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 as expected (49^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 223 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 624 60% 497 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.40 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 177 Parallax 178 147% 179 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 155 Splatting 128 125% 157 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSA2BW120G3A 120GB 365 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 125 129 134 115 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 255 Write 133 Mixed 143 SusWrite 122 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 36.3 4K Mixed 21.7 76% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 82.7 DQ Mixed 66.4 61% 95.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 47%
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 512GB 21,659 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 114GB free Firmware: 32B3T8EB SusWrite @10s intervals: 789 490 465 492 494 493 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 2,406 Write 1,702 Mixed 1,511 SusWrite 537 342% 1,539 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 64 204% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 763 DQ Write 643 DQ Mixed 508 434% 638 MB/s
Poor: 155% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 318%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 165GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 113 114 113 115 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 155 Write 127 Mixed 90.9 SusWrite 114 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 27.4 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 37.9 SC Mixed 27.1 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 97%

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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 $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 $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $614

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 $45	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