MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	115% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '24 at 10:53
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$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 (91^st percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 218 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 614 63% 508 Pts	64-Core 615 38% 615 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1411 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 24.3.1 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.5% Above average	Lighting 67.5 Reflection 66.2 Parallax 91 55% 74.9 fps	MRender 65.2 Gravity 76.2 Splatting 48.7 50% 63.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 879GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 458 453 465 462 463 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 414 Mixed 411 SusWrite 458 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 50.2 166% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 335 252% 337 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 187GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 300 300 301 300 299 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 468 Mixed 379 SusWrite 315 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 52.6 175% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 333 251% 337 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 286GB free Firmware: MS1OA7S0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 161 163 162 163 165 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 100 Write 87.9 Mixed 25.1 SusWrite 163 68% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.3% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.2 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 23 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 96%

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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	66	56	240	27"	1920 1080	LEN67A6 Y27f-30

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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	175x
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 $500Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	13x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $619

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16