MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	178% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	23.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '23 at 15:26
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 246 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 606 63% 505 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$250 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 881D) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 536.67 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.4% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 118 Parallax 121 105% 123 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 102 Splatting 88 88% 111 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 227 223 224 223 221 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,818 Write 1,137 Mixed 520 SusWrite 267 206% 935 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 44.4 172% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 945 DQ Write 705 DQ Mixed 591 505% 747 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 236%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 419GB free Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 834 852 864 906 914 908 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,380 Write 862 Mixed 858 SusWrite 880 222% 995 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 63.4 213% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 817 DQ Mixed 220 271% 461 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 242%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 92GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 143 146 156 186 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	80% Very good	Read 126 Write 135 Mixed 72.6 SusWrite 153 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR2 Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 16GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.2% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 23.8 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 11: 0P 1R 1G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
11%	14%	37	214	59	60	24"	1920 1080	SAM058B SyncMaster

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Typical Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) Builds (Compare 313 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

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

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	176x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	60x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	20x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	48x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	32x
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $614

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16