MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	260% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7970
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180630
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '23 at 18:14
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 202 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 575 58% 472 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6650-XT 4,246 User benchmarks, average bench 110% Asus(1043 05E3) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.2.1 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 141 Parallax 248 96% 169 fps	MRender 224 Gravity 125 Splatting 190 147% 180 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 116%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 873GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1187 1534 1467 1547 1537 1539 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 1897 Write 1,739 Mixed 1,388 SusWrite 1,469 365% 1,623 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 65.3 208% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 794 DQ Write 516 DQ Mixed 734 526% 682 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 410%
Micron_M500DC_MTFDDAK240MBB 240GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 216GB free Firmware: 0144 SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 333 330 336 337 338 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 350 Write 331 Mixed 283 SusWrite 326 73% 322 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 32.5 118% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 194 170% 254 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 93%
Micron_M500DC_MTFDDAK240MBB 240GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 223GB free Firmware: 0144 SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 338 338 337 338 338 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 341 Write 324 Mixed 288 SusWrite 338 73% 323 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 32.8 118% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 193 170% 253 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 93%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 154 153 151 152 150 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 157 Write 144 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 152 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 28.1 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 27 80% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	23"	1280 720	DEL4073 DELL U2312HM

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Typical Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970) Builds (Compare 241 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 62%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: MSI Z170A-G43 PLUS (MS-7970)

CPU
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	69x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	58x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	37x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	24x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	20x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	17x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
MX300 525GBCrucial $150Bench 86%, 105,037 samples	8x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	10x
Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBHyperX $299Bench 79%, 20,912 samples	9x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	7x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $531

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