MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	96.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7977
Motherboard	MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161019
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '17 at 07:12
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 275 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 724 74% 601 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 931GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 150% 235GB free Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	152% Outstanding	Read 948 Write 976 Mixed 952 215% 959 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 22.1 119% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 394 DQ Write 488 DQ Mixed 90.7 166% 324 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 152%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 194GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 435 Write 479 Mixed 392 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 273 4K Mixed 24.2 213% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 71.9 117% 228 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 237%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9916 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3410 (B1) Unknown 94 94 69 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 45 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1454 (F1) Unknown 99 99 46250114093	96.7% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 349 Mixed 355 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 27.5 141% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 83.1 121% 228 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 118%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 62GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2407 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2389 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 48 (AE) Unknown 100 100 243 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 52 206159085599 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 35 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 21067468138 (F7) Unknown 100 100 658972646 (F8) Unknown 100 100 128948839	96.6% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 326 Mixed 390 91% 411 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 33.2 150% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 48 92% 179 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 28.1 92% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 28.1 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 104%

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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	174x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	59x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsung $250Bench 199%, 40,327 samples	10x
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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $633

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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