MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 154% UFO	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	213% 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	48.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 months ago, 7 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '23 at 18:56
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$146 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 217 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 407 51% 390 Pts	64-Core 332 21% 332 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 7900-XTX-$1,000 5,548 User benchmarks, average bench 257% Sapphire(1DA2 471E) ≥ 4GB Ram: 24GB, Driver: 23.9.2 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	213% Outstanding	Lighting 229 Reflection 298 Parallax 761 186% 429 fps	MRender 510 Gravity 289 Splatting 462 346% 420 fps
Poor: 216% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 293%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 52 51 59 53 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 199 Write 122 Mixed 153 SusWrite 56.1 30% 133 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 29.2 105% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 92.2 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 75.3 66% 96.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 73%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 61GB free Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 124 100 75 61 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 443 Write 382 Mixed 370 SusWrite 128 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 24.6 113% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 1.4 77% 181 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 141GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 194 195 195 196 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 154 Mixed 86.4 SusWrite 195 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 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	68.6% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.4 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 19 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 87.3 46% 87.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 88%

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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	54	22	60	27.9"	1280 720	ACI27E4 ASUS VX279

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Gaming 68%

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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